Piano serial number dating / Sauter
Sauter piano serial number lookup
How old is your Sauter? Enter its serial number and we read it against Sauter’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 Sauter serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Sauter’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 15123 | 1954–1957 | Sauter serial, Germany |
How Sauter serials date
- A Spaichingen maker since 1819; from the late 1940s the serial dates the year cleanly, earlier is uncertain
More on Sauter 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.