Bosendorfer piano serial numbers

The action, the key covering, the style of the casework - all give clues to its age. An educated guess will narrow down the age of a piano to within 10 years or so. The serial numbers for the piano makers listed below are mostly from to There are occasional irregular intervals especially during the early s - the WW2 period - when very few pianos were built in Europe.

I trust these serial numbers prove to be useful in putting an approximate date on the piano you are researching. Fazer Feurich Forster, August. In the period of around 10 years, Kimball underwent a period of rejuvenation and by had once gain regained its title as largest piano maker worldwide.

The subsidiary company grew so successful that they shipped electric organs and pianos on a daily basis from the factory. Kimball produced grand pianos ranging from cm 4' 5' in length, to larger cm 6' 11' pianos. Other piano types produced included small console and upright pianos. In , the Jasper Corporation [parent company to Kimball pianos] bought the prestigious Austrian piano maker, Bosendorfer.

Kimball International to date Executives at Jasper Corporation noted that the Kimball brand name was more popular than Jasper. They decided to leverage its popularity to increase furniture sales. So in Kimball International was incorporated as a public company. In the s, sales of pianos were plummeting. This was mostly due to the presence of other musical instruments in the market. Things became so bad that the company was forced to close down the piano and organ arm of Kimball International in As mentioned before, the last Grand Piano is displayed in a showroom in Jasper Indiana.

Meanwhile, Kimball International has focused all its resources on the furniture business. Kimball's production of grands stopped in early , and vertical pianos in April Please reach out to us via our Appraisals Page for serial numbers and Kimball piano values, not contained on this page. Support our site at no cost to you. Make your Amazon purchases by clicking through this link, here. We just sent you an email. Please click the link in the email to confirm your subscription! OK Subscriptions powered by Strikingly.

Kimball Pianos Serial Numbers. Primarily, he wanted to heighten the volume of the instrument, whilst preserving the soft, melodious sound of the string. During the same year, Franz Liszt became a strong advocate of Bosendorfer pianos.

He found delight in them after other Viennese pianos he had tried did not hold up to his powerful playing. This caused Bosendorfer exports within Europe and overseas to thrive. Never before had this type of prize been awarded.

The competition is still held today. The location of the company was moved to a factory in New Vienna in Alongside it was a concert hall seating , which rapidly became too small.