Unless the serial number sequence was different on the Chicago models and the W.H. Palings models sold in Australia (that is, if there was only one sequence of serial numbers for all Victor pianos), yours probably dates to the early 1900's.
Serial # 52000was manufactured in 1925 and serial # 40004, about 1870.
Some information, much of it conflicting, indicates that your piano was manufactured in 1921.
I wonder if it is quite tall and has two candle holders, just to see if we are talking about the same manufacturer.
A Cable-Nelson piano with serial number 215022 would have been produced sometime between 1947 and 1950. At this time, Cable-Nelson pianos were actually produced by the Everett Piano Company, who was later acquired by Yamaha.
a cable Nelson player Piano serial number is generally as old as the player piano it appears on. They were assigned during manufacture.
The Cable-Nelson Piano you own according to your serial number was built in Chicago in 1909. This was 4 years after Nelson joined the company in 1905, and before the company turned it's Nelson Line in to their lower line of pianos which was the era of the Everett piano, this happened before they started to build their pianos at a new factory in South Bend, Michigan.
how old is my cable piano serial #357773
stand in front of the keys with the lid lifted. Slide the 1 foot by 5 feet panel lying on the top of the piano, under the lid. Can't miss the serial number.
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Cable Piano Company was created in 1880.
A Cable-Nelson piano with serial number 215022 would have been produced sometime between 1947 and 1950. At this time, Cable-Nelson pianos were actually produced by the Everett Piano Company, who was later acquired by Yamaha.
it was made in England
I have a Cable serial #180242 and the sales slip that was inside the case of the piano says it was purchased in 1914.
a cable Nelson player Piano serial number is generally as old as the player piano it appears on. They were assigned during manufacture.
1906
According to the "pierce piano atlas" (11th edition) that piano was manufactured between 1924-25.
It is very old.
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The Cable-Nelson Piano you own according to your serial number was built in Chicago in 1909. This was 4 years after Nelson joined the company in 1905, and before the company turned it's Nelson Line in to their lower line of pianos which was the era of the Everett piano, this happened before they started to build their pianos at a new factory in South Bend, Michigan.
how old is my cable piano serial #357773