#Wurlitzer piano model numbers serial numbers
#Wurlitzer piano model numbers serial
#Wurlitzer piano model numbers plus

(NoteвЂ“as this number is under the amp rail, it will take significant dis-assembly to reach it. It will not include the year, but that data can be found in the other stamps. Without fail, this will be the latest date in the instrument. They will be accompanied by an initial: usually вЂњCMвЂќ, but sometimes вЂњRTвЂќ or вЂњRPвЂќ.

#Wurlitzer piano model numbers serial

200 series instruments (pre-вЂњAвЂќ), from 1968 through 1972, with no вЂњLвЂќ after the serial number, will almost always have a handwritten month and day on the leftmost key, under the amp rail.

(Those last вЂњXвЂќ digits are a sequence number to differentiate each part.) The year-digit ( Y) doesnвЂ™t include the decade so, Augkeys will be stamped вЂњ 6 08 31XXX,вЂќ with the вЂњ 6вЂќ meaning вЂњ197 6.вЂќ You need to know the span of years in which your instrument was produced to interpolate the first 3 digits of the year (in other words, вЂњ196-вЂњ, вЂњ197-вЂќ or вЂњ198-вЂњ). The keys and main action rails will be stamped Y MM DDXXX (colors my own) sometimes a digit at either end will be smudged, faint, or covered.

I had a Eureka moment a few years ago, and figured out that, by late 1962, all Wurlies used a consistent, encrypted date-stamping system for production of the keys, the action rails (where the damper arms and hammers are mounted), and sometimes the keybeds.

Handwritten dates on the lowest вЂњAвЂќ key (1968-1972, non-L instruments) are especially useful.

#Wurlitzer piano model numbers plus

Please check action rail, keys, speakers, transformer, plus keybed, capacitors/tubes, the amp itself (which is sometimes stamped, especially on later pre-A 200вЂ™s). Since each date stamp is only for a given part, and parts were stockpiled, we want to know ALL dates in your keyboard (AND its serial number) the latest date found is the most useful date, and will generally be within a couple months of the assembly of the instrumentвЂ“ but please send all of them. Look as well for any light stamps next to the model number, like an вЂњAвЂќ next to an inked вЂњ140вЂќ or вЂњ145.вЂќ We want to know the model number and the specific serial number, including any inked or stamped letters like вЂњLвЂќ or вЂњPвЂќ. In earlier instruments, especially portables, this may be on the back or side panel. In a 200 series instrument or later, the badge will usually be under the keyboard, on the left side, near the 1/4вЂі jack(s).

First of all, find your serial badge and take a good photo of it.

This information, once it is decently un-crude, will allow people to know, within a reasonable range, the year of their instrument simply by knowing the serial number.

#Wurlitzer piano model numbers serial numbers

I have a goal of creating a concordance between serial numbers and years and months that instruments were produced.You can date-confirm your own Wurli! Please do and send me the data (photos if possible for verification), which will improve this resource.Steve repairs Wurlitzer Electric Pianos in the greater New York City area. See SteveвЂ™s unprecedented online list of every model of Wurlitzer Electronic Piano ever produced, 1954-1983.