Japan · since 1946
Pearl serial numbers
Japanese flutes — the maker's own database starts in 2001.
Pearl builds professional flutes in Chiba, Japan. Its own serial database covers flutes manufactured from 2001; earlier instruments are dated by the maker on request.
The numbering
- pearl-lookup-2001-plus
Flute
Pearl publishes an official serial search (pearlflute.com/en/serial-search) whose database starts in 2001; there is no year table and no numbers are published. Pearl also states the location of the serial varies with model and year of manufacture.
Models in the archive
19 models catalogued, 19 with a basis-labeled price — Full catalogue assembled in chat-4 (chat-3 minimal rows preserved). Existing chat-3 rows keep their original confidence type; chat-4 rows use high/medium/low. Prices live in prices.json of the same brand.
Pearl's own database covers flutes manufactured from 2001 and answers by serial number. Pearl flute serial number search →
Pearl does not publish a serial-number table: the official page is an interactive lookup whose database starts in 2001, and the firm says the serial's location depends on the model and year. Any flutes older than 2001 must be dated by the model, the mechanism (e.g. the pinless mechanism generation) and the headjoint markings. The official lookup can be reached at pearlflute.com/en/serial-search (JS page, read via reader-proxy in this run).
Questions
Can this archive date Pearl instruments from the serial number?
Not from the number — no public serial chart exists for this maker, though the maker itself answers date requests (linked below), and the archive does not guess dates.
Where is the serial number on a Pearl instrument?
For Flutes the common location is on the barrel (head joint) and again on the body — the barrel number rules.
What if my Pearl serial number is not found?
Recheck the characters exactly as marked, including any letters. Letter prefixes often belong to student or stencil lines. Some periods may not be covered yet — every refusal here says why.