Piano serial number dating / Kranich & Bach
Kranich & Bach piano serial number lookup
How old is your Kranich & Bach? Enter its serial number and we read it against Kranich & Bach’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 Kranich & Bach serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Kranich & Bach’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 75900 | 1940–1949 | Kranich & Bach serial, USA |
| 95300 | 1971 | Kranich & Bach serial, USA |
| 97400 | 1975 | Kranich & Bach serial, USA |
How Kranich & Bach serials date
- One series to 1981; from 1946 the pianos were Winter/Aeolian-built under the badge
More on Kranich & Bach 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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