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(Also Sterling Organ Company and Huntington Piano Company). Has the ability to date most existing pianos, as long as their serial numbers are known. Souvenir History of Derby and Shelton, Conn, compiled by Charles Gillespie, 1896. Estey Organs and Consumer Culture in Victorian America Dennis G. Strangely, Robert Whiting discovered that the organ bearing the serial number 100,000. One interesting example, the Colt gun factory in Hartford, Conn., though.
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Model | Start # | End # | ||
Worcester | 1 | (1888) | 3,200 | (1898) |
Wonder Improved | unknown | (1895) | 41,000 | (1917) |
New Invention | 16,000 | (1910) | 23,000 | (1912) |
New Wonder Series I | 41,000 | (1914) | 143,000 | (1924) |
New Wonder Artist Special | 41,000 | (1917) | 237,000 | (1930) |
New Wonder Series II | 143,000 | (1924) | 237,000 | (1930) |
New Wonder Virtuoso Deluxe | 143,000 | (1924) | 237,000 | (1930) |
22M & 24M | 209,000 | (1928) | 237,000 | (1930) |
New Wonder Transitional | 237,000 | (1930) | 263,000 | (1935) |
Artist ('Naked Lady') | 263,000 | (1935) | unknown | (1971) |
Connqueror 26M & 30M | 263,000 | (1935) | 309,000 | (1943) |
Connstellation 28M | 330,000 | (1948) | 345,000 | (1952) |
Director 14M & 16M | 500,000 | (1955) | unknown | (1974) |
DJH Modified | 128,692 | (1980) | 221,243 | (1985) |
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Serial Number | Year Manufactured |
1 | 1895 |
1896 | |
2,500 | 1897 |
1898 | |
3,500 | 1899 |
1900 | |
4,400 | 1901 |
1902 | |
6,700 | 1903 |
1904 | |
9,600 | 1905 |
1906 | |
12,000 | 1907 |
1908 | |
15,400 | 1909 |
1910 | |
21,200 | 1911 |
1912 | |
25,000 | 1913 |
1914 | |
1915 | |
1916 | |
40,000 | 1917 |
1918 | |
50,000 | 1919 |
1920 | |
64,000 | 1921 |
1922 | |
101,775 | 1923 |
1924 | |
145,400 | 1925 |
1926 | |
193,450 | 1927 |
1928 | |
224,600 | 1929 |
1930 | |
244,700 | 1931 |
1932 | |
256,501 | 1933 |
1934 | |
263,500 | 1935 |
1936 | |
278,000 | 1937 |
1938 | |
285,000 | 1939 |
1940 | |
295,250 | 1941 |
1942 | |
309,250 | 1943 |
1944 | |
310,200 | 1945 |
1946 | |
320,000 | 1947 |
1948 | |
332,150 | 1949 |
1950 | |
341,850 | 1951 |
1952 | |
354,742 | 1953 |
1954 | |
500,001 | 1955 |
1956 | |
652,002 | 1957 |
1958 | |
779,657 | 1959 |
1960 | |
898,556 | 1961 |
1962 | |
C 501 | 1963 |
1964 | |
E 54,106 | 1965 |
1966 | |
K 35,274 | 1967 |
1968 | |
'M' Prefix | 1969 |
1970 | |
'P' Prefix | 1971 |
1972 | |
83,000 | 1976 |
1977 | |
98,993 | 1978 |
1979 | |
128,692 | 1980 |
1981 | |
154,954 | 1982 |
1983 | |
184,337 | 1984 |
1985 | |
221,244 | 1986 |
1987 | |
261,466 | 1988 |