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Brand Name Piano | Made By | Brand Name Piano | Made By | |
| Acrosonic Aeolian Altenburg, Otto Astin-Weight Atlas August Forster Bach, Otto Baldwin (D.H.) Barock Bechstein, C. Becker Bernhard Steiner Blüthner Bôsendorfer Bradbury Branibach Brentwood Cabaret Cable Cable, Hobart M. Call Cambridge Camilleri Casino Charles R. Walter Chickering Classic Conn Currier Daesung Daytron DeVoe & Sons Diapason Dietmann Duo/Art Ellington Entertainer Estey Estonia Everett Falcone Fandrich Fazer Fazioli Feurich Fischer, J. & C. Forster, August French, Jesse Grand Grotrian (-Steinweg) Guibransen Hallet & Davis Hamilton Hampton Handok Hanil Hardman (Duo) Hardman, Peck Harrison Hastings Hong Kong Heintzman Hinze Hoffmann, W. Horugel Howard Hyundai Ibach Ivers & Pond | Baldwin Aeolian Private Label or Stencil Astin-Weight Tadashi Private Label or Stencil Dietmann Baldwin Private Label or Stencil Bechstein Kimball Dietmann Blüthner Bosendorfer Aeolian Kohler & Campbell Private Label or Stencil Wurlitzer (see also Aeolian) Aeolian Story & Clark Private Label or Stencil Aeolian Private Label or Stencil Wurlitzer Walter, Charles R. Wurlitzer (see also Aeolian) Classic Kimball Currier Private Label or Stencil Sojin Kimball Kawai Dietmann Aeolian Baldwin Aeolian call Estonia Yamaha Falcone Fandrich Fazer Fazioli Feurich Aeolian Forster, August Marantz Marantz Grotrian (-Steinweg) Guibransen Aeolian Baldwin Story & Clark Handok Hanil Aeolian Aeolian Kimball Hastings Heintzman Kimball Feurich Samick Baldwin Hyundai Ibach Aeolian | Jasper American Jonas Chickering Kawai Kimball (W. W.) Kincaid Knabe, Wm. Knight Kohier (& Campbell) Krakauer Kranich & Bach La Petite Lesage Lowrey Lyon & Healy Maeari Marantz Mason & Hamlin Mason & Risch McDermed-Rouse Melodigrand Miller, Henry F. Monarch Musette Muzelle Nicholas Nordheimer Otto Bach Pearl River Petrof Pianocorder Pianola QRS Rudolf Wurlitzer Samick Sauter Schafer & Sons Schiedmayer Schimmel Schubert Schuerman Schultz & Sons Schumann Seiler, Ed. Sherlock-Manning Sherman Clay Sohmer Sojin Steck, Ceo. Stegler Steiner, Bernhard Steinraeber & Sohne Steinway & Sons Sting II Story & Clark Tadashi Tokai Toyo Vose Wagner Walter, Charles R. Weber Wellington Whitney Whittaker Winter Wurlitzer Yamaha Young Chang Zimmermann | Kimball Wurlitzer Kawai Kimball Marantz Mason & Hamlin - Aeolian) Knight Kohler & Campbell Krakauer Baldwin or Aeolian Kimball Lesage Lowrey Private Label or Stencil Hyundai - Samick Marantz Pianocorder Mason & Hamlin or Aeolian) Aeolian Walter, Charles R. Aeolian Aeolian Baldwin Aeolian Private Label or Stencil Private Label or Stencil Dietmann Pearl River Petrof Marantz Aeolian Private Label or Stencil Wurlitzer Samick Sauter Schafer & Sons Kawai Schimmel Lyon & Healy Kimball Schultz & Sons Schumann Seiler Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Sohmer Sojin Mason & Hamlin or Aeolian Samick Dietmann Steinraeber & Sohne Steinway & Sons Aeolian Story & Clark Tadashi Tokai Atlas Aeolian Young Chang Walter, Charles R. Weber Aeolian Kimball Kimball Aeolian Wurlitzer Yamah Young Chang Zimmermann | |
Step 1: The serial number is usually found on the plate of the piano between the bass and tenor strings. It can also be found on the top of the piano when you open the lid on Upright Pianos. You are looking for a number like those shown here. Serial Numbers on Upright Pianos. Gibson Guitars Guitars acquired the Hamilton name in 2001, when they purchased the Baldwin Piano Co. See Acrosonic or Baldwin for additional numbers. Serial numbers are for the first piano made in year shown. Young Chang Pianos Serial Numbers. Looking to find the age of your Young Chang Piano? Find help to locate the serial number on your piano here, then reference the chart below. 1978 - 78 - 80 - 01 - 15 - 21 - 24 - 2559247. Grand Pianos The letter “G” comes before the serial number. 1978 - 78 - 80 - 0.
One of the primary ways you can begin to investigate the value of your piano is by locating the serial number. The serial number is considered your piano’s birth certificate, and it is the way the original manufacturer assigned it a unique.
However, locating it can be tricky. We provide our customers with the following real-life diagrams to quickly help them find the serial number on their grand or upright piano.
Grand serial numbers like on the Steinway pictured above may be found in many different places. The various places on the diagram point to some possible locations.
Typically, a serial number has 5 to 7 digits, but in some cases, it may have fewer or more and may also include a letter. This is a view of the grand with the lid open and the music desk removed. It may be necessary to clean dust off the harp or soundboard before the serial number can be seen.
Upright or vertical piano serial numbers can usually be found by lifting the lid and looking inside on the gold harp or plate. It is usually not necessary to remove the upper front panel to find the serial number (as in this picture).
Schafer And Sons Piano Value
By locating the serial number, you can begin your research to know the value of the piano. The first thing the serial number tells you is the age of the piano. Paired with the who made the piano, the age is a key piece of information, and many piano experts can begin to assign a value quickly after assessing the condition and a few other criteria.
Sometimes, however, a serial number can be nearly impossible to find, even to professionals who know where to look and have identified thousands of serial numbers in their years of expertise. If you are running into this problem, feel free to give us a call, and we’ll be happy to work with you to locate your serial number.
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Original image sources:
Grand piano: https://www.amromusic.com/
Schafer And Sons Piano Serial Number Lookup Yellow Pages
Upright piano: http://www.steinhovenpianos.com/