Here is a checklist you can copy and take with you when checking out a used piano. (Sometimes a three- or four-digit number used in the manufacturing process also appears on various case parts don’t confuse this with the serial number.) When no serial number can be found or if the year of manufacture isn’t listed in Pierce, sometimes a technician can estimate. Or the number may be printed somewhere else on the plate or soundboard, printed or engraved on the top or back of a vertical piano back, or printed or engraved on the front edge of a grand piano key frame (Figure 1). Usually four to eight digits, the serial number is most often located near the tuning pins, either printed directly on the plate or engraved in the wooden pinblock and showing through a cut-away portion of the plate. Find the serial number of the piano so you can look up its year of manufacture in the Pierce Piano Atlas.
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