Piano serial number dating / Bösendorfer
Bösendorfer piano serial number lookup
How old is your Bösendorfer? Enter its serial number and we read it against Bösendorfer’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 Bösendorfer serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Bösendorfer’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 41234 | 1990–1994 | Bösendorfer serial |
How Bösendorfer serials date
- A continuous serial series from the 1820s, dated from the year it was reached
- Output is small, so serials climb slowly and mid-century years are within a year or two
More on Bösendorfer 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.
This is one of many makers the piano serial number dater covers.