“C. Bechstein” Factory, No. 15798.
Germany, Berlin, the end of the 1890s

“Pianoforte-Fabrik / von C. Bechstein / HOFLIEFERANT / SR. MAJESTÄT DES KAISERS U. KÖNIGS. / Sr. K. Hoheit d. Prinzen / Friedrich Carl von Preussen. / Ihrer K. u. K. Hoh. der Frau Kronprinzessin. / Prinzess Royal v. Grossbrit. u. Irland / u. Sr. Königl. Hoheit des Herzogs v. Edinburgh. / BERLIN / Haupt-Fabrik: Johannes-Str. № 5-7. / Zweig-Fabrik: Grünauer-Str. № 21. / [inscription is framed by 2 Emblems; 2 medals for participation in exhibitions, on the left: “Exposition Universalle de MDCCCL17th a Paris”;
“Napoleon III Empereur / Paris 1867”; on the right: “1862 / London / Honoris / Causa / London 1862”; the inscription on the bottom, on the left: “SYDNEY 1879 / Erster Preis für Flügel”; the inscription on the right: “SYDNEY 1879 / Erster Preis für Pianinos”]” — a stamp by black dye on the sound board;
“BECHSTEIN. BERLIN” — a cast inscription on the frame (area of the tuning pegs of the descant register);
“C. BECHSTEIN / Hof-Lieferant Sr. Maj. des Kaisers und Königs / BERLIN” — inlaid with brass in the lid;
“HERMAN & GROSSMAN / Pianos et Orgues / ST PETERSBOURG-VARSOVIÉ” — a printed label on the inside of the bent side bar;
“15798” — an inscription by black dye (area of the tuning pegs of the descant register);
“Arndt / 29.3.84.” — an inscription by pencil on the back side of the music stand;
“Н. Фигнер (N. Figner)” — carved on the outside of the fall in the form of the personal signature of N. N. Figner.

2310×1493×963
Wood, metal, bone, fabric, felt

1976, purchased from P. Z. Fisenko
Stock number: 15294

The frame is cast iron. The key action is rehearsal. There are 2 pedals. The case is tinted black.
The instrument belonged to N. N. Figner (1857–1918)

Fragment for the piano No 81. A. Devotchenko. Piano concert of Sasha Chorny