How old is my yamaha u1

The serial number can be seen by opening the toplid of the piano and looking inside. Yamaha Pianos produced for the North American market have been manufactured in 4 locations:. As a result, there are four different serial number ranges for Yamaha pianos.

Home Support Serial Numbers. Yamaha U1 with H model suffix Yamaha TPE with H serial prefix Thanks everybody! My question has been answered. Just one more thing, there was a ticket inside my piano with Japanese words which after a brief translation I found out which have to do with the piano's tuning.

It has a table which probably contains dates of tuning or something else, and has a log from I think. How is it possible? Correct me if I'm mistaken please. Joined: Jun Maryland, USA. Add to the year. It's the year-designation system, used in Japan, during Emperor Showa's Hirohito reign. He ascended to the throne in , that year marked as first year of Showa. Originally Posted by Davdoc. Hi, Roy -- Where are you located?

By the above interpretation, your piano was tuned as recently as by someone who knew enough Japanese, or enough about Yamaha paperwork, to note the fact on the card. Originally Posted by huaidongxi. It's possible, even likely, that this piano has been tuned many times by tuners who didn't know about or didn't bother with the log form.

Perhaps it was still in Japan as recently as , and if it's not there now, it's one of those mysterious gray market pianos. Originally Posted by JohnSprung. That's fascinating. Thank you everybody for sharing your incredible knowledge, it's such an interesting story to know.

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Share Post on Twitter. Share Post on Reddit. Piano accessories and music gift items, digital piano dolly, music theme party goods, and more! Originally Posted by Davdoc Add to the year. For a Kawai piano serial number , the table shows us that it was produced sometime between May and November Please feel free to contact us if you need assistance. Note: Yamaha grand piano serial numbers between and do not line up exactly with the table here which is accurate for Yamaha upright pianos made in Hamamatsu.

Please feel free to message us if you need help verifying the age of a Yamaha grand piano in this period. Thank you! Free piano buyer's guide. Note: These serial numbers are valid for Japanese-made Kawai or Yamaha pianos. They will not apply if your piano was made in their Indonesian, Chinese or Taiwanese factories. Shop second-hand pianos.