How do I use the serial number to determine the date of manufacture?
There are a number of websites and resources you can use to find out the ages. An easy way would be to call a specialist who can look within a book called the Pierce Piano Atlas. This is a ‘piano bible’ which lists piano manufacturers and serial numbers by year and alphabetically. However, there were a vast number of piano makers that did not keep any records of the pianos made, so if the manufacturer is not very well known it may be extremely difficult to find anything out about the piano.
