Piano serial number dating / Rippen
Rippen piano serial number lookup
How old is your Rippen? Enter its serial number and we read it against Rippen’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 Rippen serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Rippen’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 17050 | 1954 | Rippen serial, Netherlands |
| 87795 | 1964–1965 | Rippen serial, Netherlands |
| 140140 | 1974–1975 | Rippen serial, Netherlands |
How Rippen serials date
- The Dutch maker's series, 1948 to 1988
More on Rippen 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.