Year of construction: 1930
serial number: 136611
Mechanics: Schwander mechanics
height: 1,50m

Only very few manufacturers have made so-called conductor's desk pianos - most of them around 1890-1910. This is one of probably two surviving C. Bechstein conductor's desk pianos from the late phase of piano construction around 1930. It has only 4 octaves and was built in such a way that the conductor could stand on a pedestal and either fold out the desk - or the keyboard to give or accompany passage in rehearsal. The last time this piano was probably used by the NDR Radio Orchestra. The piano has to be restored, because it suffered technically and optically.