Yamaha was founded by Tarakusu Yamaha in 1887, the company was originally named Nippon Gakki S.K.K. Co. but was later renamed to Yamaha in 1916 when Tarakusu passed away. Yamaha was the first piano manufacturer in Japan. You can use the dates and serials listed below to help date your piano. To find your serial number of your piano please see our find your serial number page.
Yamaha Piano Serial Number Search Input your Serial # to determine whether the piano was made for the US market. (Please enter the entire serial # including letters and leading zeros.). Enter the serial number HERE to find out. Yamaha does not provide parts or service for pianos that were not intended for the United States market. Moreover, we often encounter serious structural issues with grey market Yamaha pianos. If, after rebuilding, Wells Pianos deems a grey market piano salable, we will sell the instrument with a warranty.
Year SN.
1917 – 1700
1918 – 1800
1919 – 1900
1920 – 2100
1921 – 2650
1922 – 3150
1923 – 3650
1924 – 4250
1925 – 4950
1926 – 5700
1927 – 6500
1928 – 7750
1929 – 8928
1930 – 10163
1931 – 11719
1932 – 13368
1933 – 15182
1934 – 17939
1935 – 13368
1936 – 22397
1937 – 25158
1938 – 28000
1939 – 30000
1940 – 31900
1941 – 33800
1942 – 35600
1943 – 37000
1944 – 38000
1945 – 38550
1946 – 39250
1947 – 40001
1948 – 44087
1949 – 42231
1950 – 44200
1951 – 47767
1952 – 51621
1953 – 54800
1954 – 57000
1955 – 63300
1956 – 70000
1957 – 78000
1958 – 89000
1959 – 103000
1960 – 122000
1961 – 149000
1962 – 188000
1963 – 237000
1964 – 298000
1965 – 368000
1966 – 489000
1967 – 570000
1968 – 689000
1969 – 809000
1970 – 978000
1971 – 1169000
1972 – 1317000
1973 – 1510000
1974 – 1743000
1975 – 1943000
1976 – 2144000
1977 – 2383000
1978 – 2583000
1979 – 2812000
1980 – 3001000
1981 – 3261000
1982 – 3464000
1983 – 3646000
1984 – 3832000
1985 – 3988000
1986 – 4157000
1987 – 4335000
1988 – 4492000
1989 – 4650000
1990 – 4811000
1991 – 4951000
1992 – 5072000
1993 – 5181000
1994 – 5292000
1995 – 5375000
1996 – 5466000
1997 – 5530000
1998 – 5579000
1999 – 5792000
2000 – 5792000
2001 – 5868000
2002 – 5978000
2003 – 6021000
2004 – 6066000
2005 – 6110000
The following dates are for Yamaha grands produced in Indonesia these numbers only apply to the following models GA1E, DGA1E, GB1, DGB1.
Example: If the serial number is 16000 then that would make the year 1917
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, 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 then (2) gently clean out any dust from your piano's plate [using a soft dry cloth + vacuum hose] before these numbers can be found.
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.
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.
Yamaha G1 Piano Serial Number R
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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