If the piano does not bear any of these marks-maker name, Steinway serial number or patent number-it isn’t a Steinway. Steinway holds the following patent numbers, so if you see one of these, that part of the piano-if not all of it-was made by Steinway: 17,238 20,595 26,300 26,532 32,386 32,387 Re. Check for patent numbers on the metal frame of the piano. If you have trouble finding the serial number, ask your piano technician or tuner for help.ģ. You can check your piano’s serial number against the list of Steinway numbers found on the Steinway site in Resources below. Steinway serial numbers begin at 1,000 in 1853 and increase at irregular intervals for each year thereafter.
Open the lid of the piano and look toward the left of center of the tuning pins.
A Kimball serial number will most likely be a six-digit number, with the exception of models produced in 1900, which feature the five-digit number 71000. The serial number on a grand piano may appear in several places: in front of the tuning pins on the sound board on the metal plate near the hitch pins or plate ribs near the treble or bass bridges and near the capo d’astro bar, just behind the hammers on the treble side. Search for the serial number on the front of the piano. Look on the back top corners of upright pianos or inside a grand piano for a serial number. If the name is “Steinway,” “Boston” or “Essex,” then the piano is a Steinway-made piano.Ģ. Look above the keyboard of the piano for a maker’s name.
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This article will teach you how to identify a Steinway piano.ġ.
The company maintains a showroom and concert venue in New York City, and famous pianists from all over the world have been “Steinway artists”–committed to playing only on Steinway pianos. Each piano is hand-built using a process that takes almost a full year to produce an instrument. Steinway & Sons has been making pianos for since 1853.