Yamaha Piano Serial Number Lookup | Find Your Piano's Age & Value
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Type your Yamaha piano serial number below, and we will tell you the year and place it was made and which factory built it. Include any letter than appears before the serial number including any gap, ie. U3 H 4454657.
Serial numbers mark the start of a production run, so the year can be out by a few months either way. Data compiled by Mark Goodwin Pianos from Yamaha records and pianos we have handled since 2002. Spotted a gap or an error? Email us the serial
Yamaha Piano Serial Numbers – Made in Japan
*2022 and 2023 are each based on a single piano from our own stock records, not a confirmed year-start boundary like the rows above so treat these two as rough estimates only. I’m still missing 2024 and 2025 entirely. If you know them please email them to me at hello@markgoodwinpianos.co.uk so that I can update this list.
Yamaha Piano Serial Numbers – Made in Milton Keynes, UK
From around 1990-2009, Kemble made pianos in their Milton Keynes factory under license from Yamaha. Models include the U1N, U1SN, U3N, U3SN, P116N, P121N, PX-124NTS. Note that the models usually have the “N” suffix and the serial numbers seems to always have a prefix “E”.
Yamaha have not published a list of serial numbers for this factory so we have to piece it together from pianos spotted “in the wild”
Yamaha Piano Serial Numbers – Made in Jakarta, Indonesia
This factory made models such as GB1, GB1K, C110, JU109, B1, B2, B3, T121, T118, but has now been earmarked for closure. Apparently this factory also made a very rare U1J which you are unlikely to ever see in the UK.
You can see from the list of serial numbers below that there is a prefix “J” for Jarkarta but that does NOT mean that a U1 or U3 with a “J” before the serial number is also made in Jakarta, definitely NOT! Scroll down for the anwser!
The important thing to look for is the gap after the “J”. If you see a gap between the “J” and the serial number on your piano frame then the piano was made in Japan. If there is no gap then the piano was made in Jakarta, Indonesia. Here is an image to demonstrate what a Japanese serial number looks like EVEN THOUGH there is a “J” in front of it
Yamaha Piano Serial Numbers – Made in China
Note that the “H” here is very confusing. Yamaha tell you that;
If the serial number begins with an “H”, the piano was manufactured in Hangzhou, China.
Please take my word for it that the U1H and the U3H are NOT made in China. Yamaha is only referring to pianos where the “H” is attached to the serial number with no gaps.
Please don’t ask ChatGPT to prove me wrong because ChatGPT has already agreed that my knowledge is superior on this matter (see image below for proof)
See this next image to see what I mean. The “H” is separate from the serial number. The “H” is not part of the serial number, therefore U3H and U1H are NOT made in China. Thank You :)
Yamaha Piano Serial Numbers – Made In Taiwan
Almost all U1 and U3 are made in Japan but in the mid/late 1990s some were made in Taiwan with a serial number beginning with YT. You are unlikely to find any of these for sale in the UK. Other Taiwan made models include; T series: T116, T121. M series: M450, M500, M550, M560. P series: P660, P22T. LU series: LU90, LU101. Some YT/UT series: YT121, UT121.
All of those Taiwan models are rare in the UK but you may find 1 or 2 dotted about. They aren’t worth deliberately looking for as the quality is low/intermediate. You’re better just going straight for a Japanese U1 as a great starting point.
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