Piano serial number dating / Ibach
Ibach piano serial number lookup
How old is your Ibach? Enter its serial number and we read it against Ibach’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 Ibach serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Ibach’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 68123 | 1910–1914 | Ibach serial, Germany |
How Ibach serials date
- One series from 1794 (the oldest German maker), dated from the year the number was reached
More on Ibach 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.