Piano serial number dating / Gulbransen
Gulbransen piano serial number lookup
How old is your Gulbransen? Enter its serial number and we read it against Gulbransen’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 Gulbransen serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Gulbransen’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 326500 | 1935–1939 | Gulbransen serial, USA |
| 492500 | 1961 | Gulbransen serial, USA |
| 546500 | 1965 | Gulbransen serial, USA |
How Gulbransen serials date
- The Chicago maker's series, 1915 to 1969
More on Gulbransen 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.