Piano serial number dating / Samick
Samick piano serial number lookup
How old is your Samick? Enter its serial number and we read it against Samick’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 Samick serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Samick’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 15510 | 1970–1976 | Running number, Ichon (Korea), South Korea |
| 46405 | 1982 | Running number, Ichon (Korea), South Korea |
| 83270 | 1986 | Running number, Ichon (Korea), South Korea |
How Samick serials date
- A running number through about 1988
- From 1988 the first two letters of the serial are a year code (HH is 1988, then HI, IJ, IK...)
More on Samick 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.