Piano serial number dating / Mason & Hamlin
Mason & Hamlin piano serial number lookup
How old is your Mason & Hamlin? Enter its serial number and we read it against Mason & Hamlin’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 Mason & Hamlin serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Mason & Hamlin’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 18123 | 1908 | Mason & Hamlin serial |
How Mason & Hamlin serials date
- One continuous serial series from about 1890 through every ownership change
- The serial climb nearly flattens after the 1980s, so recent years are within a year or two
More on Mason & Hamlin 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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