Piano serial number dating / Érard
Érard piano serial number lookup
How old is your Érard? Enter its serial number and we read it against Érard’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 Érard serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Érard’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 27000 | 1851–1860 | Érard serial, France |
| 88750 | 1901–1910 | Érard serial, France |
| 130058 | 1951–1960 | Érard serial, France |
How Érard serials date
- A serial series from around 1800, dated by decade band, so the year is approximate
- Érard also marked the year on the piano itself; that date-mark beats the serial
More on Érard 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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