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Find the Piano Serial Numbers to your favorite brand

Piano serial numbers provide information about the instrument age, origin, and manufacturing details The number of digits letters in the serial varies depending on the piano manufacturer and age. Information is useful for buyers.

How to find the Serial Number?

The serial number of upright or vertical piano be found by lifting lid and looking inside on gold harp or plate. Commonly, a serial number has 5 to 7 digits, but in some cases, it may contain fewer or more and may also include a letter. By opening the lid and removing the music desk you will be able to see the serial number. It may be necessary to clean dust off the harp or soundboard before the serial number can be more clearly.

Yamaha Piano Serial Number

Yamaha Piano Serial Numbers

A seven-digit (or occasionally just six-digit) serial number may be found on the upper right section of the iron frame of the majority of Japanese Yamaha pianos that are currently available in the UK; to view it, you must open the piano's top lid. You can disregard the H, M, A, or any other letters that can come before the numerals when dating.

The following are the basic guidelines for estimating the year of any Japanese Yamaha:

A seven-digit serial number that starts at one indicates 1970–1974
A seven-digit serial number that starts with a two 1975–1979
A seven-digit serial number that starts with a three 1980–1984
A seven-digit serial number that starts with a four 1985–1989
A seven-digit serial number that starts with a five More than 1990
2000+ is indicated with a 7-digit serial number that starts with a 6.

REMEMBER THIS:
The reason you might not be able to see your unique serial number is that this list only displays the serial number of the first piano manufactured each year. Your piano was manufactured in 1980 if your serial number is more than 1980 but less than 1981.

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1700 / 1917
1800 / 1918
1900 / 1919
2100 / 1920
2650 / 1921
3150 / 1922
3650 / 1923
4250 / 1924
4950 / 1925
5700 / 1926
6500 / 1927
7750 / 1928
8928 / 1929
10163 / 1930
11719 / 1931
13368 / 1932
15182 / 1933
17939 / 1934
19895 / 1935
22397 / 1936
25158 / 1937
28000 / 1938
30000 / 1939
31900 / 1940
33800 / 1941
35600 / 1942
37000 / 1943
38000 / 1944
38550 / 1945
39250 / 1946
40001 / 1947
44087 / 1948
42231 / 1949
44200 / 1950
47767 / 1951
51621 / 1952
54800 / 1953
57000 / 1954
63300 / 1955
70000 / 1956
78000 / 1957
89000 / 1958
103000 / 1959
122000 / 1960
149000 / 1961
188000 / 1962
237000 / 1963
298000 / 1964
368000 / 1965
489000 / 1966
570000 / 1967
689000 / 1968
809000 / 1969
978000 / 1970
1169000 / 1971
1317000 / 1972
1510000 / 1973
1743000 / 1974
1943000 / 1975
2144000 / 1976
2383000 / 1977
2583000 / 1978
2812000 / 1979
3001000 / 1980
3261000 / 1981
3464000 / 1982
3646000 / 1983
3832000 / 1984
3988000 / 1985
4157000 / 1986
4335000 / 1987
4492000 / 1988
4650000 / 1989
4811000 / 1990
4951000 / 1991
5072000 / 1992
5181000 / 1993
5292000 / 1994
5375000 / 1995
5466000 / 1996
5530000 / 1997
5579000 / 1998
5792000 / 1999
5868000 / 2000
5928000 / 2001
5978000 / 2002
6020000 / 2003
6060000 / 2004
6100000 / 2005
6145000 / 2006
6191000 / 2007
6220000 / 2008
6250000 / 2009
6280000 / 2010
6310000 / 2011
6340000 / 2012
6360000 / 2013
6380000 / 2014
6400000 / 2015

​This article is purely for knowledge sharing and not for any commercial use.

Kawai Piano Serial Numbers

REMEMBER THIS:
For each year indicated, the serial numbers provided correspond to the approximate initial number manufactured. Starter letters other than A or F ought not be ignored. The actual dates may differ since serial numbers for several models are not necessarily consecutive.

 

Kawai Piano Serial Numbers

Japan Production:            U.S Production:
 

1927/4200                                                              1988A6904

1930/6000                                                              1989A7500

1935/8350                                                              1990A10200

1940/9600                                                              1991A21300

1945/12000                                                           1992A30515

1950/14200                                                           1993A39267

1952/15000                                                           1994A49071

1953/16200                                                           1995A56689

1954/18600                                                           1996A64000

1955/20590                                                           1997A74000

1956/21300                                                           1998A81000

1957/22500                                                           1999A90000

1958/23200                                                           2000A96000

1960/26000                                                           2001A100000

1961/34500                                                           2002A104000

1962/75760                                                           2003A111000

1963/85622                                                           2004A115300

1964/132307

1965/163178                                                  Indonesia Production:

1966/203433                                                   2003F000200

1967/251660                                                   2004F002200

1968/303686                                                   2005F004700

1969/369088                                                   2006F010600

1970/425121                                                   2007F018700

1971/488834                                                   2008F030500

1972/558216                                                   2009F040085

1973/633601                                                   2010F049000

1974/718768                                                   2011F057700

1975/785568                                                   2012F067900

1976/844362                                                   2013F080000

1977/904384                                                   2014F092000

1978/973490                                                   2015F102000

1979/1067130                                                2016F112000

1980/1126366                                                2017F122000

1981/1219355                                                2018F132000

1982/1300000                                                2019F142000

1983/1380000                                                2020F153000

1984/1475000

1985/1550000K                                           X Models (Canada)

1986/1630500                                              200120000

1987/1706250                                              200221000

1988/1781250                                              200323000

1989/1856250                                              200426000

1990/1950000                                              200530000

1991/2000000                                              200632000

1992/2050000                                              200734000

1993/2100000                                              200836800

1994/2160743                                              200937900

1995/2197503                                              201038900

1996/2244232                                              201140000

1997/2279943                                              201241000

1998/2314043                                              201342000

1999/2350000

2000/2380000

2001/2410000

2002/2430000

2003/2466000

2004/2495000

2005/2518000

2006/2543000

2007/2566000

2008/2585000

2009/2602000

2010/2615000

2011/2628000

2012/2639000

2013/2651000

2014/2664000

2015/2675000

2016/2686000

2017/2700000

2018/2710000

2019/2720000

2020/2730000

2021/2747500

2022/2761600

2023/2774800

​This article is purely for knowledge sharing and not for any commercial use.

Petrof Piano Serial Numbers

Petrof Piano Serial Numbers

Thank you for sharing this information about piano serial numbers. It's impressive that the data has survived for so long, but it's understandable that there may be some inaccuracies. Your advice to use the serial numbers as a rough guide is helpful, and it's good to know that an exact date isn't necessary for a piano assessment. Being within 2 to 5 years is accurate enough to provide an informed report.

​Serial No. / Year:

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13000 / 1900

16200 / 1905 

24000 / 1910

30500 / 1915

33400 / 1920

38100 / 1925 

46500 / 1930

52200 / 1935

58000 / 1940

62700 / 1945

66250 / 1949

67280 / 1950

69680 / 1952

73000 / 1954

77500 / 1956

82600 / 1958

87200/ 1960

90600 / 1962

96000 / 1964 

105300 / 1966

117800 / 1968

146900 / 1970

173400 / 1972

208900 / 1974

233700 / 1976

280300 / 1978

330000 / 1980

340000 / 1981 

387000 / 1983

423700 / 1985

504500 / 1990

529900 / 1995 

547790 / 1997

560880 / 1999

577290 / 2001

593140 / 2003

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Steinway & Sons Piano Serial Number

Steinway & Sons Piano Serial Number
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