This piece of wood is the same length as the pianos keyboard and is about 2 inches in height. If you were to sit in front of the piano and place your hands on the keys, then bring your hand towards yourself, the last piece of wood your fingers would cross as they leave the keyboard is a piece of wood called the Key-Slip. Two other common places on are the front side of the pianos action and also on the backside of the “keyslip”. If you are having trouble locating the serial number for your Steinway grand piano, there are other places you can look.

Use the Steinway piano serial numbers below to see the age of your piano:įor Steinway upright pianos you need to lift the pianos lid and look inside the piano, normally the serial number along with the model will be stamped in ink inside the piano, also on its harp. In this case this is a model “M” which is 5’7” in length. Also the Letter stamped in ink above the serial number is the model of the piano. So… this Steinway grand’s serial number is #244.121, using the chart below you can see that this piano was manufactured in circa 1926.

Normally the rack comes out of the piano by gently pulling it towards you, for most older Steinways (1930s and older.) For newer Steinways 1940s and up you can either gently push the music desk all the way forward to reveal the pianos serial number, or you have to gently move the music desk back and forth with a little up pressure so the underside of the music rack’s “fingers” find the little notch on the music rack glides so it releases up and out of the piano.įor Steinway grand pianos you want to look for this: You will first have to open the pianos lid, then stand in front of the piano and either push the music desk forward (to reveal the number) or remove the piano’s music desk from the piano. It is normally located between the bass and treble tuning pins, in the “well” spot on the harp. The easiest place to find it is on the gold colored harp inside the piano. The serial number for Steinway pianos are located in several different places. In order to pinpoint the age of your Steinway piano, you must first locate its serial number.

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