Kawai Serial Numbers
The serial number is 565700. 'Like CD-60, a single Steinway can have as many as three sets of numbers. The case number, a letter followed by four digits - K0862, for this piano - is assigned when the rim is bent and is used to track the piano at the factory. The letter changes at the beginning of the year. The model and serial number is printed on your warranty card, and may also be printed on the receipt you got from the Kawai retailer when you bought the piano. They are also marked on the piano itself: on an acoustic piano, the model number and serial number are stamped on the frame of the piano.
| Japan | US | ||
| 1927 | 4200 | 1988 | A6904 |
| 1930 | 6000 | 1989 | A7500 |
| 1935 | 8350 | 1990 | A10200 |
| 1940 | 9600 | 1991 | A21300 |
| 1945 | 12000 | 1992 | A30515 |
| 1950 | 14200 | 1993 | A39267 |
| 1952 | 15000 | 1994 | A49071 |
| 1953 | 16200 | 1995 | A56689 |
| 1954 | 18600 | 1996 | A64000 |
| 1955 | 20590 | 1997 | A74000 |
| 1956 | 21300 | 1998 | A81000 |
| 1957 | 22500 | 1999 | A90000 |
| 1958 | 23200 | 2000 | A96000 |
| 1960 | 26000 | 2001 | A100000 |
| 1961 | 34500 | 2002 | A104000 |
| 1962 | 75760 | 2003 | A111000 |
| 1963 | 85622 | 2004 | A115300 |
| 1964 | 132307 | ||
| 1965 | 163178 | Indonesia | |
| 1966 | 203433 | 2003 | F000200 |
| 1967 | 251660 | 2004 | F002200 |
| 1968 | 303686 | 2005 | F004700 |
| 1969 | 369088 | 2006 | F010600 |
| 1970 | 425121 | 2007 | F018700 |
| 1971 | 488834 | 2008 | F030500 |
| 1972 | 558216 | 2009 | F040085 |
| 1973 | 633601 | 2010 | F049000 |
| 1974 | 718768 | 2011 | F057700 |
| 1975 | 785568 | 2012 | F067900 |
| 1976 | 844362 | ||
| 1977 | 904384 | ||
| 1978 | 973490 | ||
| 1979 | 1067130 | ||
| 1980 | 1126366 | ||
| 1981 | 1219355 | ||
| 1982 | 1300000 | ||
| 1983 | 1380000 | ||
| 1984 | 1475000 | ||
| 1985 | 1550000 | ||
| 1986 | 1630500 | ||
| 1987 | 1706250 | ||
| 1988 | 1781250 | ||
| 1989 | 1856250 | ||
| 1990 | 1950000 | ||
| 1991 | 2000000 | ||
| 1992 | 2050000 | ||
| 1993 | 2100000 | ||
| 1994 | 2160743 | ||
| 1995 | 2197503 | ||
| 1996 | 2244232 | ||
| 1997 | 2279943 | ||
| 1998 | 2314043 | ||
| 1999 | 2350000 | ||
| 2000 | 2380000 | ||
| 2001 | 2410000 | ||
| 2002 | 2430000 | ||
| 2003 | 2466000 | ||
| 2004 | 2495000 | ||
| 2005 | 2518000 | ||
| 2006 | 2543000 | ||
| 2007 | 2566000 | ||
| 2008 | 2585000 | ||
| 2009 | 2602000 | ||
| 2010 | 2615000 | ||
| 2011 | 2628000 | ||
| 2012 | 2639000 | ||
Kawai's vision was to create top-quality pianos, a quest in which he certainly succeeded! Kawai added guitars to its repertoire in around 1954 and eventually became a player in the '60s Guitar Boom. Like many Japanese electric guitars, most early Kawai guitars were slightly frumpy, although my impression is that their electronics were a little better than some contemporaries.