singer sewing machine serial number: Y371393 how old is it?
February 19th, 2010 | by admin |my nan has a singer sewing machine and thinks it must be about 90ish years old, she has asked me to see if i can find out for her. ive been onto the singer website and looked at the published serial number but cant find this one! (Y371393) can anyone help?
Y designates a group of machines made in Clydebank, Scotland. Looks like your nan’s is a group of 25000 model 99K machines commissioned on 23 Feb 1922 — so about 87 years old. http://www.singerco.com/pdf/SINGER_Y_nos.pdf
If your next question is about valuation, I’m sorry to say the answer is probably "not much". Only a few 20th century machines have retained or grown in value over the years, mostly by getting insane reputations with some group — like quilters and the Singer 221/222.
The 99s are good little machines, capable of excellent stitching, but they just aren’t cult items at present.http://www.ismacs.net/sewing_machine_articles/how_much_is_my_sewing_machine_worth.html
You might want to see what the Smithsonian Trade Literature Collection might have on the 99K: http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Trade-Literature/Sewing-machines/CF/index.cfm
and pick up a manual and parts list if you don’t have them already:
http://www.singerco.com/accessories/manuals.html (use "99" to search, not 99K, and then drop down to the download of the manual for the 99K) and http://www.parts.singerco.com/CPpartCharts/9_99999/99K28.pdf
2 Responses to “singer sewing machine serial number: Y371393 how old is it?”
By PJ on Feb 19, 2010 | Reply
i just went to the singer site, they said. there words…. serial # on Singers sewing machines manufacturedprior to 1900 arenumbers only .after 1900, the machines serial # have a single or two letter prefix . the tables are divided into these three categories… no letter prefix….single letter prefix…. or …double letter prefix…
go to the singer website. type in machine serial numbers… good luck
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By kay on Feb 19, 2010 | Reply
Y designates a group of machines made in Clydebank, Scotland. Looks like your nan’s is a group of 25000 model 99K machines commissioned on 23 Feb 1922 — so about 87 years old. http://www.singerco.com/pdf/SINGER_Y_nos.pdf
If your next question is about valuation, I’m sorry to say the answer is probably "not much". Only a few 20th century machines have retained or grown in value over the years, mostly by getting insane reputations with some group — like quilters and the Singer 221/222.
The 99s are good little machines, capable of excellent stitching, but they just aren’t cult items at present.http://www.ismacs.net/sewing_machine_articles/how_much_is_my_sewing_machine_worth.html
You might want to see what the Smithsonian Trade Literature Collection might have on the 99K: http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Trade-Literature/Sewing-machines/CF/index.cfm
and pick up a manual and parts list if you don’t have them already:
http://www.singerco.com/accessories/manuals.html (use "99" to search, not 99K, and then drop down to the download of the manual for the 99K) and http://www.parts.singerco.com/CPpartCharts/9_99999/99K28.pdf
References :
50 years of sewing