Piano Brand
United StatesKimball
Kimball was a prominent piano manufacturer known for producing a wide range of piano brands, with an impressive annual output of around 20,000 pianos by the turn-of-the-century.
- Est. 1857
- Chicago, United States
- No longer in production
Kimball
Est. 1857 · Chicago
Serial number
Kimball serial number lookup
How old is your Kimball piano? Enter its serial number to find the year it was made. Our chart has 58 dated Kimball serial numbers from 1888 to 1976.
- Upright piano: open the top lid and look at the cast-iron plate near the tuning pins, usually on the left or right side.
- Grand piano: look on the plate near the tuning pins, under the music desk, or on the soundboard beside the plate.
- Ignore model numbers and patent dates: the serial number is usually 4 to 7 digits long.
Timeline
Kimball through the years
In business from 1857 to 1950: 93 years.
18501875190019251950
Dated serials 1888–1976
From Wikipedia
Kimball International, Inc. is an American company which consists of furniture brands: Kimball, National, Interwoven, Etc., David Edward, D'Style and Kimball Hospitality. It is the successor to W.W. Kimball and Company, the world's largest piano and organ manufacturer at certain times in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The file
Kimball in detail
Heritage
- Founder
- 5-10 years
- Role in piano history
- W.W. Kimball
- In museums
- Postwar booms
Workshop
- Factories
- Chicago
- Made in
- USA
- Construction
- Mass-produced
- Materials
- Maple spruce
- Innovations
- Mass market
Instruments
- Pianos made
- Uprights Grands
- Models
- Artist Console Viennese
- Sound
- Classic US pop
- Price range
- 4000-18000 USD
Owning one
- Tuning stability
- Yes
- Warranty
- US
- Service network
- Good
- Availability
- Low
- Collector interest
- USA
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