At 12:49 +0100 15/04/2011, lee innocent wrote: >I have a small upright Bechstein in the workshop and I am curious as >to what model it is. The only numbers I can find are stamped into the >case - K4944. Is this the serial number? That's probably the factory number. If the piano is about 4 feet or less and hasn't got a 9 cast into the plate for Model 9 then it will be either a IV or a pre-IV, which all have very similar scales. The 9 has an open plank and the earlier ones an all-over plate. The Model 8 (III, pre-III) is taller. JD
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