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Number__ Type__Yearof Manufacture__Current Location/E-mail Address (Clickon Serial Number for additional information.)
Mar 21, 2010 The serial number (36905; the other number is the case number) is right in the expected range. It too was shipped to the NYC Chickering sales rooms, leaving the Boston factory on November 19, 1870. The ledger further indicates a single straight molding, carved legs, and the Brown action. HAMILTON PIANO CO., Est. 1889, with factories at Chicago Heights, Ill. Controlled by the Baldwin Piano Company. Gibson Guitars Guitars acquired the Hamilton name in 2001, when they purchased the Baldwin Piano Co. See Acrosonic or Baldwin for additional numbers. Serial numbers are for the first piano made in year shown.
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269.......Square........1823.....Destroyedby fire in 1970 at the Henry Ford Museum
281.......Square........1823.....TheMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
293.......Square........1823.....HerreshoffMarine Museum,Bristol, RI
n/a2.......Square........1823-1824Smithsonian-Institution,Washington,DC
411.......Square........1826.....NewtonCentre, MA/[email protected]
529.......Square........1827.....NewtonCentre, MA/[email protected]
533.......Square........1827.....YaleUniversity Collection of Musical Instruments, New Haven, CT U.S.A
1980 Chickering Piano
621.......Square........1829.....TheMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
716.......Square. [email protected]
881?......Upright........1830.....Destroyedby fire in 1970 at the Henry Ford Museum
898.......Square........1830.....TheWayside; Concord, MA
913.......Square........1831.....Destroyedby fire in 1970 at the Henry Ford Museum
975.......Square........1831.....Sacramento,CA/[email protected]
1010.....Square........ 1831....TheSheldon Museum, Middlebury, VT
1106.....Square........ 1832....HenryFord Museum & Greenfield Village,Dearborn, MI
1124.....Square........1832.....Cambridge,MA
1129.....Square........1832.....SmithsonianInstitution,Washington, DC
1454.....Square........1833.....OrchardHouse, Concord, MA
1762..Square/Harmonium .1834.....Orleans,Ont. Canada (Near Ottawa, Ont. Canada)
n/a9......Square........1836.....The-Schubert-Club,St.Paul,Minn./[email protected]
3829.....Square........1839.....OldSturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA./[email protected]
3919.....Square........1839.....MinnesotaHistorical Society,St. Paul, MN./[email protected]
n/a7......Square........pre 1840..LocationUnknown
6020?....Grand........1844?.....Destroyedby fire in 1970 at the Henry Ford Museum
6367.....Square........1844.....KingmanTavern Historical Museum, Cummington,MA/[email protected]
7163.....Square........1844/45...Lévis,Québec, Canada/[email protected]
9568.....Square.......1850.....The-Schubert-Club,St.Paul,Minn./[email protected]
10683....Square.......1850......SmithsonianInstitution,Washington, DC
10715....Semi-Grand...1850......FiskeMuseum of Musical Instruments,Claremont,CA/[email protected]
11327....Square.......ca 1850...TheMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
12288....Square.......ca [email protected]
n/a8.....Square .......1850's....LocationUnknown
12362....Square.......1851-1852.LloydHouse, Alexandria Library, Alexandria,VA/ [email protected]
12970....Concert Grand.1852.....WilsonHarpsichords and Piano Restorations/[email protected]
14246....Square.......1853.....FiskeMuseum of Musical Instruments,Claremont, CA/[email protected]
14962....Square.......1854.....Lindsay,Ontario, Canada/[email protected]
15389..Cocked Hat Grand.1854.....Cincinnati,OH/[email protected]
15341....Square.......1854.....Calgary,AB, Canada
16074....Square.......1856...../[email protected]
16265....Square.......1856.....Grafton,Wisconsin/[email protected]
16764....Square.......1856.....Wilmington,Delaware/[email protected]
16806....Square.......1856.....LouisianaState Museum, New Orleans, Louisina
16836....Square.......1856.....Victoria,BC,Canada/[email protected]
17390....Parlor Grand...1857.....SmithsonianInstitution,Washington, DC
17503....Square.......1857.....Hamilton,ON, Canada/[email protected]
18727....Grand........1857.....Calgary,AB,Canada./[email protected]
n/a12.....Grand........1860-1870.StoneCreek Inn, Walla Walla WA./[email protected]
26179.....Square. [email protected]
26950.....Grand........1864.....Shrineto Music Museum,Vermillion,SD
27733.....Grand........1864-1866.SmithsonianInstitution,Washington, DC
30540.....Grand........1867......LisztMuseum, Budapest, #LM H.6.
32420.....Concert Grand.1868......SaintJames, New York/[email protected]
32455.....Concert Grand.1868......ArlingtonVA,/[email protected]
32685.....Grand........1868......The-Schubert-Club,St.Paul,Minn./[email protected]
33363.....Square.......1868....../[email protected]
33863.....Square......1868-1869.FiskeMuseum of Musical Instruments,Claremont,CA/[email protected]
35044.....Square......1869......Winona,MN/[email protected]
35687.....Square......1870?.....Filion,Michigan/[email protected]
39225.....Square.......1871......SpokaneWA./train_janice at hotmail.com
39665.....Concert Grand.1872.....http://www.netniches.com/[email protected]
40798.....Square.......1872....Hebron, Maine, USA/tghebron at gmail.com
List Of Chickering Piano Serial Numbers Chart
40863.....Square.......1872....Guadajalaja Jalisco,Mexico/[email protected]
41553.....Square.......1872....Perry, Maine/ [email protected]
42476.....Square.......1873....Sequim, WA/[email protected]
44145.....Concert Grand.1872-1873.Yahl,South Australia/[email protected]
49560....Concert Grand. 1875-1879.NewBoston NH./[email protected]
50080....Grand........1879-1880.LisztMuseum Budapest, #LM H.5
51411....Square.......1875-1880.TheHub Tavern, Republic, PA/[email protected]
58127....Square.......1880-1881.StatenIsland, NY/[email protected]
63652....Upright.......1882......?/[email protected]
65770....Grand........1883......Spokane,WA/[email protected]
68245.....Concert.Grand.ca.1884...Shrineto Music Museum,Vermillion,SD
70093.....Square.......1885......SmithsonianInstitution,Washington, DC
72630.....Grand........1886......Rochester, NY/'Louis Richards' <[email protected]>
80640.....Grand .......ca.1891...Newport News, Virginia/[email protected]
84029.....Upright.......1890-95...LunenburgCounty, Nova Scotia, Canada/[email protected]
Chickering Pianos 1940s
87900.....Grand........1895-1900.GlennGould Studio, CBC Building, Toronto, Ont./[email protected]
88015.....Grand........1895-1900.Ft.Worth, TX/[email protected]
92286.....Grand........1898-1900.Saint James, New York/[email protected]
92591.....Upright.......1898-1900..Roseburg,Oregon/[email protected]
93571.....3/4 Grand.....1901......TaosNew Mexico/[email protected]
94090.....Upright.......1901.......Stanwood,WA /[email protected]
101391....Parlor Grand..1904.......Ashburn, VA./[email protected]
113483....Upright.......1909.......CampbellHouse, Spokane, WA/[email protected]
136833.... ............Late.1920's.LosAngeles.CA/[email protected]
151270....Baby.Grand...1933......http://www.usd.edu/smm/KEYBOARD.HTM#American
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.
You can look up a free piano serial number history search from this page (see list of manufacturers, below).
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).
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:
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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.
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.
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.
(Please be patient as we are updating this page on a daily basis. We invite you to SUBSCRIBE to this page, and to use the search box above, as serial numbers are being updated and added on an ongoing basis.)
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