Piano serial number dating / Yamaha
Yamaha piano serial number lookup
How old is your Yamaha? Enter its serial number and we read it against Yamaha’s own production records to tell you the year it was built.
Linked to Yamaha’s own lookup
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 Yamaha serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Yamaha’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 37500 | 1943 | Japan-made |
| 1243000 | 1971 | Japan-made |
| 5554500 | 1997 | Japan-made |
How Yamaha serials date
- A running serial for the Japan-built pianos, dated from the year it was reached
- A leading letter marks a different factory: U/T USA, J Indonesia, H China, YT Taiwan
More on Yamaha 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. Confirm with Yamaha's serial-number lookup.
This is one of many makers the piano serial number dater covers.