Piano serial number dating / Kemble
Kemble piano serial number lookup
How old is your Kemble? Enter its serial number and we read it against Kemble’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 Kemble serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Kemble’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 88500 | 1952 | Kemble serial, England |
| 145750 | 1971 | Kemble serial, England |
| 233999 | 1990 | Kemble serial, England |
How Kemble serials date
- British-built to 1988, then Yamaha-owned; the year table runs 1930 to 2008
More on Kemble 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.