Wissner Piano Serial Number
What age is my piano the serial number is 15090 and it is a Krell brand? Did you ever determine the age of your piano and possible value? I have a Krell player piano with a serial number close to. Knowing a piano’s serial number is important for determining its age, which, along with condition and repair history, will affect its value.
It is not unusual, however, for these serial numbers to have been removed, for example, if the soundboard was refinished. If you cannot locate the serial number here, but you locate a 4- or 3-digit number elsewhere on a piano of this era (typically hidden from view), this is the case number, not the serial number.
Finding the Serial Number on Your PianoPianos almost always have a serial number somewhere. They can be in unusual places and this page shows some of the places to find the serial number. Dates that are cast into the plate of a piano are dates when the company was founded and not dates for the particular piano.

You are usually looking for a 5 or 6 digit number. Some piano have other numbers stamped on them that are used in the manufacturing process. Grand PianosThe most common place on a grand piano is stamped on the plate in the V shaped area between the tenor and the bass sections of the plate or at the treble end.Sometimes the number is stamped in the soundboard under the strings.Kimball pianos sometimes have the serial number in a hard-to-find place stamped on the back edge of the keybed. This is looking from the tail end of the piano.Upright PianosUprights usually have the serial number stamped on the plate near the top of the piano or stamped in a window in the plate.
Otto Wissner upright piano serial number 46058, played by Patti Smith, Keith Richards, The Pretenders, Bob Dylan, Sting, am others. Accompanied by a Letter of Authenticity from photographer Lynn Goldsmith. Lynn Goldsmith has photographed the largest names in music - Robert Plant, Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Sting and Madonna. And in her studio sat this piano.
Artists like Bob Dylan would come to the studio for a place to sit and play. The Patti Smith group played it, Bruce Springsteen tested the keys. The piano is accompanied by photographs of The Patti Smith Group and Keith Richards with the piano.
Exact manufacture date is unknown by Wissner ceased making pianos in 1941. Height 52.5 inches.
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