Piano serial number dating / Mason & Risch
Mason & Risch piano serial number lookup
How old is your Mason & Risch? Enter its serial number and we read it against Mason & Risch’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 & Risch serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Mason & Risch’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 60300 | 1940–1944 | Mason & Risch, own series (to 1960), Canada |
| 76650 | 1952 | Mason & Risch, own series (to 1960), Canada |
| 88650 | 1957 | Mason & Risch, own series (to 1960), Canada |
How Mason & Risch serials date
- Two number systems: the firm's own to 1960, and the Aeolian-era series from 1960
- The tool reads whichever your serial's size fits (about 20,000-102,000 vs about 364,200 on)
More on Mason & Risch 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.