Piano serial number dating / Willis & Co.
Willis & Co. piano serial number lookup
How old is your Willis & Co.? Enter its serial number and we read it against Willis & Co.’s own production records to tell you the year it was built.
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Example Willis & Co. serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Willis & Co.’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 13000 | 1913–1916 | Willis & Co. serial, Canada |
| 27500 | 1922–1925 | Willis & Co. serial, Canada |
| 35500 | 1930–1939 | Willis & Co. serial, Canada |
How Willis & Co. serials date
- Approximate serials for the Montreal maker (this is not the British Willis & Sons)
More on Willis & Co. 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.