Welmar serial numbers

Welmar was founded in 1925, Welmar was owned by Whelpdale, Maxwell & Codd Ltd. who went into receivership and the company was liquidated in April 2003. You can use the dates and serials listed below to help date your piano.

Year SN.
1925 – 13000
1930 – 16500
1935 – 20000
1936 – 20200
1937 – 20800
1938 – 21600
1939 – 22500
1940 – 23500
1946 – 46000
1947 – 47300
1948 – 48000

1949 – 49000
1950 – 50000
1951 – 51000
1952 – 52000
1953 – 53000
1954 – 54000
1955 – 55000
1956 – 56000
1957 – 57000
1958 – 58000
1959 – 59000
1960 – 60000

1961 – 61000
1962 – 62000
1963 – 63000
1964 – 64000
1965 – 65000
1966 – 66000
1967 – 67000
1968 – 68000
1969 – 69000
1970 – 70000
1971 – 71000
1972 – 72000

1973 – 73000
1974 – 74000
1975 – 75000
1976 – 76000
1977 – 77000
1978 – 78000
1979 – 79000
1980 – 80000
1981 – 81000
1982 – 82000
1983 – 83000
1984 – 84000

1985 – 85000
1986 – 86000
1987 – 106675
1988 – 107140
1989 – 107635
1990 – 107935
1991 – 108025
1992 – 108420
1993 – 108810
1994 – 109205
1995 – 109595
1996 – 109990

1997 – 110400
1998 – 110590
1999 – 110770
2000 – 110940
2001 – 111100
2002 – 111240
2003 – 111363

Example: If the serial number is 12000 then that would make the year 1925