Michael A. Bietepage
manager
piano maker
Biography
Michael A. Bietepage succeeded Jacob Becker as head of the St. Petersburg piano firm in 1871. Under his energetic management the business grew to commanding proportions, and the firm received appointments as purveyor to the Emperors of Russia and Austria, the King of Denmark, and the Grand Dukes Constantin and Nicolai of Russia. Bietepage himself was honored with election as hereditary honorable citizen of St. Petersburg and as commander of the St. Stanislaus Order. He retired in 1904, when control of the firm passed to Carl Schröder.
Highlights
- Succeeded Jacob Becker as head of the firm in 1871
- Firm appointed purveyor to the Emperors of Russia and Austria, King of Denmark, and Grand Dukes Constantin and Nicolai of Russia
- Honored as hereditary honorable citizen of St. Petersburg and commander of the St. Stanislaus Order
Source
Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911), pp. 264, 265.
Public domain.