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Bechstein establishes New York showroom: Bechstein Piano.


C. BECHSTEIN There are several people named Bechstein:
  • Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757 - 1822) was a German naturalist and forester.
  • Ludwig Bechstein (1801 - 1860) was a German writer.
  • Carl Bechstein was a German piano manufacturer who founded C.
 has established a showroom in the heart of Manhattan Manhattan, indigenous people of North America
Manhattan (mănhăt`ən), indigenous people of North America of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages).
. Located on West 58th Street, Bechstein Piano Centre is just a block from Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall

Concert hall in New York, N.Y., U.S. It was endowed by the industrialist Andrew Carnegie at the insistence of the conductor Walter Damrosch (1862–1950).
 and a few blocks from Lincoln Center Lincoln Center

New York’s modern theater complex. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1586]

See : Theater
, the Big Apple's two most prestigious venues.

The Centre carries all Bechstein brands, including the premium C. Bechstein; Bechstein Academy, whose slightly smaller sizes echo Bechsteins of old; W. Hoffman, designed by and made in Europe by C. Bechstein, and Euterpe, Bechstein's sole Asian-made (but German-inspected and finished) offering.

Bechstein took occupancy of the building in early May, but the grand opening ceremony is slated for September 2007. Asked why it was important for the company to have a presence on some of the world's most expensive real estate, National Sales Manager sales manager ngerente m/f de ventas

sales manager ndirecteur commercial

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 Joe Vitti replied, "This is Piano Row. We believe that Bechstein is the best piano made, and so it belongs right here with the world's other most revered pianos."

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