C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik AG (FWB:BEP) (Bechstein) is a German manufacturer of pianos, especially grand pianos. The company was founded 1 October 1853 by Carl Bechstein in Berlin, Germany. Image File history File links Cbechstein_logo. ... The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (outside) The DAX chart (inside) The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (German: FWB® Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) is a stock exchange located in Frankfurt, Germany. ... A baby grand piano, with the lid up. ... A grand piano from Schiedmayer & Söhne, Stuttgart. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about Germanys largest city. ...

By 1890 branches were opened in Paris, Saint Petersburg and London, where the company spent £100,000 to build Bechstein Hall, adjacent to the London showroom on Wigmore Street. It opened on 31 May 1901. The affairs of Bechstein deteriorated rapidly during World War I, and the hall was sold as alien property at auction in 1916 to Debenhams for £56,500. It was renamed Wigmore Hall. 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city, as viewed from the Trocadéro This article is about the capital and largest city in France. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... For other uses, see London (disambiguation). ... The Wigmore Hall is a concert hall specialising in classical music in Wigmore Street London. ... For other uses, see London (disambiguation). ... May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian dead: 3 million Total dead: 8 million Military dead: 4 million Civilian dead: 3 million Total dead: 7 million The First World War, also known as... The Wigmore Hall is a concert hall specialising in classical music in Wigmore Street London. ...

In 1930 the company collaborated with German electrical goods manufacturer Siemens under Nobel laureate Walther Nernst to produce one of the first electric pianos, the "Neo-Bechstein" or "Siemens-Bechstein" electric grand, using electromagnetic pickups. The article on electrical energy is located elsewhere. ... Siemens AG (FWB:SIE, NYSE: SI) is the worlds largest electronics company. ... Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... Walther Nernst. ... An electric piano (e-piano) is an electric musical instrument whose popularity was at its greatest during the 1960s and 1970s. ... An electric grand piano is a particular type of piano manufactured and marketed by Yamaha, Kawai and Helpinstill during the 70s and 80s, although experimental instruments of similar type were made as early as the late 1920s. ... Electromagnetism is the physics of the electromagnetic field: a field, encompassing all of space, composed of the electric field and the magnetic field. ... A picku device acts as a transducer that captures mechanical vibrations (usually from suitably equipped stringed instruments such as the electric guitar, electric bass guitar or electric violin) and converts them to an electronic signal which can be amplified and recorded. ...

Bechstein was always in competition with Steinway & Sons. Today, Bechstein's upright pianos are especially revered - sounding better than many mid-range grand pianos. The Steinway & Sons logo Steinway & Sons is a piano maker based in New York City and Hamburg, Germany. ...

Bechstein is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (outside) The DAX chart (inside) The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (German: FWB® Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) is a stock exchange located in Frankfurt, Germany. ...

External links

• Bechstein website, in English