Piano serial number dating / Schimmel
Schimmel piano serial number lookup
How old is your Schimmel? Enter its serial number and we read it against Schimmel’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 Schimmel serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Schimmel’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 272123 | 1988–1989 | Schimmel serial, Germany |
How Schimmel serials date
- One serial series from 1885 in Braunschweig, sampled about every two years
- The budget Fridolin Schimmel and other outsourced lines may not follow it
More on Schimmel 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.