Piano serial number dating / Cable-Nelson
Cable-Nelson piano serial number lookup
How old is your Cable-Nelson? Enter its serial number and we read it against Cable-Nelson’s own production records to tell you the year it was built.
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Type the serial or code from the instrument. We read it as you type.
Example Cable-Nelson serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Cable-Nelson’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 205500 | 1947 | Cable-Nelson serial, USA |
| 267500 | 1956 | Cable-Nelson serial, USA |
| 357000 | 1965 | Cable-Nelson serial, USA |
How Cable-Nelson serials date
- The original Chicago maker, 1903 to 1981 (built by Everett to 1973)
More on Cable-Nelson 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.