Founded in Berlin in 1853, C. Bechstein is one of the world’s longest established and most highly esteemed piano manufacturers, and one of the ‘Big Four’ builders: Steinway, Bosendorfer, Bechstein and Bluthner. Bechstein pianos were favoured by pianists and composers from Franz Liszt to Oscar Peterson and from Freddie Mercury to Claude Debussy, who said: ‘Piano music should only be written for the Bechstein’.
If you have a second hand piano, you can search for Bechstein piano serial numbers.