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Can anyone help me find some info on my newly inherited piano. It is a Kimball serial Number : 183565. Thankyou.

Can anyone help me know alittle more about my piano that I inherited. It is a Kimball serial number 183565. Thanks

1915. Probably too old to have any value other than sentimental.

These posts are so helpful. I am hunting around for pianos in my rural area. I just looked at a Kimball Baby Grand at a church. They are selling it because they prefer their digital piano. It has been sitting collecting dust for a while. All the keys and pedals work, but the cabinet is showing wear. They are asking $1950. They don't know much about it, so I'm trying to find out more about it. 403881 is the only number I could find and it was just behind the music desk. Seems like the price might be a little high given its dusty and dinged-up condition. However, it is a working piano! Is it worth dragging a technician to see it? (About an hour drive.) Or should I just walk away. BTW, I am buying a piano basically for fun. I am not a serious musician, although I play. My daughter (7 year old) is about to start lessons. My house is very old, and although it is well-insulated, I don't want the burden of owning too nice a piano. My budget is $5,000. But in my part of the world, the pianos are either $20,000 grands of considerable size or sort of junkers! Any tips would be appreciated. I am amazed by this site and the wealth of knowledge. Thanks piano experts!

Kimball grand pianos are variable in quality, so for the most part, I would not recommend buying one without expert help. Most of them are not very good quality, however, so it may not be worth your while, particularly for a piano that has been in a public area like a church. That serial number dates from 1935, which makes it quite old, so I would not expect much from it.

A lady at work is selling her Kimball upright Piano that I was interested in getting for my wife so she can start playing again. It has the serial number 977868, could anyone please tell me what year this is and is $350 is a good price or not. We went and looked at it and it is in good condition aesthetically and all of the keys and pedals function well.

Thank you for your help!

It was made about 1976, and it is probably a decent piano, but how good a price it is depends on what model. In particular, it would be particularly good if it were 45" tall, not quite so good if it were about 3" shorter, and about average if it were shorter than that.

Thank you! I will get a measurement tonight on the height. I got depth and width dimensions but did not think about height.

41", but sitting on carpet, so possibly 42".

Francophile, with your budget you are very close to affording a better-quality, new, in-warranty upright: for example, Charles Walter 1500, or Kawai K-3, etc.

If you're looking for Kimballs, I would only say, "Don't." I grew up with one and could not recommend the make as a musical instrument. The cabinet looked nice, though. Kimball sold a lot of not-so-good pianos, but they were actually a furniture-making company.

Can someone tell me the age of my Whitney baby grand piano with the serial number 131572?

1932.

Hi - I saw this thread and I appreciate it already. I could use your help too...I have (or had) a Kimball upright (44") with the serial number 503550. I just gave it to my friend who has a young family, and a piano-playing dad, so it's become part of a new warm home. My wife and I are moving across the country (from Chicago, naturally) and it just didn't make sense to try to move it. I'm curious about it still. It was a big part of my life for 16 years. Do you mind looking up the serial # and any other nuggets of information about it (i.e., did they assign a style or name to this model, when was it made, etc)? Thank you kindly.

I have a Kimball piano that no one in our household plays any longer. I'm trying to find out the year it was manufactured so as not to misrepresent it when we sell it. I've found a couple of different numbers but have been unable to get an a definitive answer for the year of manufacture.

Stamped into the wood on the back of the piano, in the center is A12058. On the left side rear is a tag approximately 1 inch square with the alpha numeric number of:
Lx904391
PAT. NO. 3,489,433
181

Stamped on the two far left hammers are the numbers 24 700 32

On the 3rd hammer from the left are the letters WOREAD R

On the fourth hammer is the number 6706

Any help would be appreciated

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A12058 is the serial number. Pierce Piano Atlas shows that piano being manufactured in 1976.