Piano serial number dating / Gaveau
Gaveau piano serial number lookup
How old is your Gaveau? Enter its serial number and we read it against Gaveau’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 Gaveau serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Gaveau’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 51234 | 1901–1910 | Gaveau serial, France |
How Gaveau serials date
- A serial series from about 1855 in Paris, dated by decade band, so the year is approximate
More on Gaveau 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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