Piano serial number dating / Blüthner
Blüthner piano serial number lookup
How old is your Blüthner? Enter its serial number and we read it against Blüthner’s own production records to tell you the year it was built.
Can't read a digit? Type ? in its place. Looked-up serials are kept, never tied to you. How it works
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Type the serial or code from the instrument. We read it as you type.
Example Blüthner serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Blüthner’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 54123 | 1899 | Blüthner serial, Germany |
How Blüthner serials date
- One continuous serial series from 1853 in Leipzig, kept through the East German (VEB) era
- Output is small, so recent serials climb slowly and date to within a year or two
More on Blüthner piano serial numbers
How sure is it
A piano year is a strong guide, not proof. The serial dates the instrument to within a year or so, and less precisely where output was small or a whole decade barely moved. When a serial cannot pin a year, we say so.
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