Piano serial number dating / Knabe
Knabe piano serial number lookup
How old is your Knabe? Enter its serial number and we read it against Knabe’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 Knabe serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Knabe’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 38123 | 1890–1894 | Wm. Knabe serial, USA |
How Knabe serials date
- The original Wm. Knabe series to 1983, through the American Piano and Aeolian-American eras
- Newer Samick-built Knabes (from 2001) do not date from this table
More on Knabe 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.