Grinnell Piano Serial Numbers

Piano serial numbers identify the (1) age of your piano, the (2) piano's year of manufacture, as well as (3) the circumstances surrounding the production of your piano, including factory history, manufacturing processes, and company ownership and oversight.

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This is a partial list of piano manufacturers.Most piano professionals have access to detailed information about these brands using a Piano Atlas to reference serial numbers, which are used to determine a piano's age using the year a piano was built. The age of your piano is determined by the serial number. The number is for the first piano made in year shown. There are times when your piano or number is not listed. We can help you find the year your piano was made. If you are unable to find the serial number piano we can research it for you or provide you with an approximate age with a photo. The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and also commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army.

You can look up a free piano serial number history search from this page (see list of manufacturers, below).

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Piano Serial Numbers:
Location, location, location...

Piano serial numbers usually have five to seven digits, but may have fewer or more, depending on the manufacturer and age of your piano. Serial numbers may also include a letter as well.

Here are the TOP FIVE places to locate the serial number of your spinet, console, studio, or upright piano:

Serial number locations are found:

1) On the piano’s cast iron plate. After lifting up the lid, look along the top front area of the plate. The serial number may be to the right or the left, or in the middle.
2) Under the opened lid on the ledge, stamped on a little plaque, to the right or to the left.
3) Stamped on the back of the piano; near the top of the wood frame.
4) Printed on one of the hammers, found on either end of the piano (newer or imported pianos).
5) Printed on one the keys - behind the nameboard, inside the piano (newer or imported pianos).

If you cannot find the serial number in any of the locations listed on this page, please watch the video below, to help find more piano serial number locations.

Grand Piano Serial Numbers
Where Are They Found? ...

Here are the TOP FIVE places to locate the serial number of your BABY GRAND or GRAND piano:

(See this link for a detailed picture of where to look)

Note: You may have to remove the (1) music desk first and (2) gently clean out any dust from your piano's plate [using a soft dry cloth + vacuum hose] before you can find these numbers.

Serial number locations are found:

1) On the piano’s cast iron plate, near the tuning pins, as you face the keys. Look to the right or to the left.

2) The Capo d'astro bar. Located on the right, this acts as a 'bridge' to the 'beams' of the cast iron plate.

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3) On the piano's soundboard (see link above for a diagram).

4) On a metal plate underneath the piano's top lid, near the strings and soundboard.

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5) Immediate interior [front]: On the back of the [a] keyslip (long wooden ledge, runs along the front/bottom of the piano's keys. The serial number is often hidden and stamped on the other side, facing the keys). On the front of the [b] action frame (after the keyslip is removed), or stamped on [c] one or both of the cheek blocks, viewed to the right and left of the piano's keyboard.

On older pianos, you may find 3-5 screws, underneath the keyslip, that will need to be removed (or, simply lift up, if no screws are present) to view the action frame. The serial number may be stamped on the front of the frame's wooden base, immediately under the keys.

To the right and left of the keys are two end cheek blocks, which are each secured down with a giant bolt or screw, which passes through the piano's keybed, both of which must be removed, to access the interior of the piano (see video, above).

Caution: When unscrewing and removing the cheek blocks, do not mistake the piano's leg screw/bolt, with the cheek block's screw/bolt.

Also, be careful not to drop the cheek blocks once they are removed, which can gouge and permanently damage the piano's case, and the block's delicate condition.

To recap: the piano's serial number may be hidden on the back of the piano'skeyslip (immediately in front of / below the keys), on the action's frontkeyframe, on the cheek blocks (each side), or within the action itself, once removed from the piano.

Scroll down below to find the (1) manufacturer of your piano, and then (2) click on the link to find the serial number.

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Baldwin
Bluthner
Bosendorfer
Broadwood and Sons
C. Bechstein
Cable-Nelson
Chickering and Sons
Estonia
Everett
Hallet and Davis
Hobart M. Cable
Kemble

Sohmer
Steinway and Sons
Story and Clark


Vose and Sons
Weber
Wm Knabe
Wurlitzer

Yamaha
Young Chang


Zimmermann


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This Calculator is specifically designed for Older Upright Pianos (made pre 1970), providing several tailored options to uniquely identify your pianos potential Market Value (Price Range).

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The measurement required here is your Piano’s Height from the ground up to the top most edge.
STEP 3. Choose Your Pianos Year of Manufacture & condition

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The general condition of your instrument is considered relative to it’s age. The condition may relate to both the internal and external aspects which will impact the pianos visual appeal, playability and overall value. “Normal Condition” is the default setting for most pianos.

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This Modern Valuation calculator is designed for Uprights made after 1970 but also provides results for Pianos manufactured as far back as 1950. Each calculation accesses unique valuation data from your Pianos specific Model, Age and condition criteria. Select from over 2000 different models currently sold worldwide and tailor these results to calculate a clear Market Value Price Range.

STEP 1. Select Your Pianos Brand

Choose from 75 Popular Piano Brands with Over 2000 Different Models Currently for sale. If your brand isn’t listed then you can simply select your Pianos Quality Rating.

STEP 2. Choose the Piano Model Most Similar to Yours

Some Piano Brands change their Model numbers every few years while others have remained unchanged for decades. Most importantly is selecting a model of similar size… which you can scroll through to find. If you’ve chosen a specific brand quality then the option provided is to select the pianos size.

STEP 3. Select Your Piano’s Age & Condition

Your Piano’s Year of Manufacture combined with it’s current condition ensures the valuation calculated is estimated accurately.

STEP 4. Choose your Local Currency & Press Calculate

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According to statistics gathered from our piano appraisal data, there is a significant link between a pianos size and a pianos potential market value. These price variations are due to several factors in the pianos change of quality, sound and performance from smaller models to larger pianos of the same brand.

When it comes to selling your piano, it’s important to know exactly what the market value of your specific sized piano. In some instances there can be thousands of dollars difference in the price of the same Brand made in the same year that’s only a few inches larger.

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PIANO SIZE & VALUE

According to statistics gathered from our piano appraisal data, there is a significant link between a pianos size and a pianos potential market value. These price variations are due to several factors in the pianos change of quality, sound and performance from smaller models to larger pianos of the same brand.

When it comes to selling your piano, it’s important to know exactly what the market value of your specific sized piano. In some instances there can be thousands of dollars difference in the price of the same Brand made in the same year that’s only a few inches larger.

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