Singer s/n puzzle
04-22-2014, 04:36 PM
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Singer s/n puzzle
Hello all,
I just returned from my machine quilter and saw an old 4 drawer cabinet under a lot of stuff. I asked if she knew the age and she said no so we dug it out and it looks like a 27/127. Looking at the s/n, I do not recognize the number. I made a rub with pencil and paper and came up with 16260(5)225. I searched through my s/n book and came up short. There is no letter prefix and the first strike is definitely a 1 and not n L. Anyone have any info on that s/n.
Thanks,
Rodney in Ponchatoula, La.
I just returned from my machine quilter and saw an old 4 drawer cabinet under a lot of stuff. I asked if she knew the age and she said no so we dug it out and it looks like a 27/127. Looking at the s/n, I do not recognize the number. I made a rub with pencil and paper and came up with 16260(5)225. I searched through my s/n book and came up short. There is no letter prefix and the first strike is definitely a 1 and not n L. Anyone have any info on that s/n.
Thanks,
Rodney in Ponchatoula, La.
04-22-2014, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by soman2
Hello all,
I just returned from my machine quilter and saw an old 4 drawer cabinet under a lot of stuff. I asked if she knew the age and she said no so we dug it out and it looks like a 27/127. Looking at the s/n, I do not recognize the number. I made a rub with pencil and paper and came up with 16260(5)225. I searched through my s/n book and came up short. There is no letter prefix and the first strike is definitely a 1 and not n L. Anyone have any info on that s/n.
Thanks,
Rodney in Ponchatoula, La.
I just returned from my machine quilter and saw an old 4 drawer cabinet under a lot of stuff. I asked if she knew the age and she said no so we dug it out and it looks like a 27/127. Looking at the s/n, I do not recognize the number. I made a rub with pencil and paper and came up with 16260(5)225. I searched through my s/n book and came up short. There is no letter prefix and the first strike is definitely a 1 and not n L. Anyone have any info on that s/n.
Thanks,
Rodney in Ponchatoula, La.
04-22-2014, 06:11 PM
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Soman,
That looks like too many digits. The Singer serial numbers without letters are between 6 and 8 numbers max.
Can you double check that number?
Cathy
That looks like too many digits. The Singer serial numbers without letters are between 6 and 8 numbers max.
Can you double check that number?
Cathy
Originally Posted by soman2
Hello all,
I just returned from my machine quilter and saw an old 4 drawer cabinet under a lot of stuff. I asked if she knew the age and she said no so we dug it out and it looks like a 27/127. Looking at the s/n, I do not recognize the number. I made a rub with pencil and paper and came up with 16260(5)225. I searched through my s/n book and came up short. There is no letter prefix and the first strike is definitely a 1 and not n L. Anyone have any info on that s/n.
Thanks,
Rodney in Ponchatoula, La.
I just returned from my machine quilter and saw an old 4 drawer cabinet under a lot of stuff. I asked if she knew the age and she said no so we dug it out and it looks like a 27/127. Looking at the s/n, I do not recognize the number. I made a rub with pencil and paper and came up with 16260(5)225. I searched through my s/n book and came up short. There is no letter prefix and the first strike is definitely a 1 and not n L. Anyone have any info on that s/n.
Thanks,
Rodney in Ponchatoula, La.
04-22-2014, 06:49 PM
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Rodney,
AH, much better. This number falls in this range: 1,350,000 to 1,914,000. These were made in 1874.
AH, much better. This number falls in this range: 1,350,000 to 1,914,000. These were made in 1874.
Originally Posted by soman2
Cathy,
I looked at the pencil rubbing with a large magnifier lens and it looks to be 1620522(?) possibly a 5 on that last digit.
Thanks
Rodney
I looked at the pencil rubbing with a large magnifier lens and it looks to be 1620522(?) possibly a 5 on that last digit.
Thanks
Rodney
04-22-2014, 07:06 PM
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Thanks for all your help. I think my friend will be very happy to have a 115 yr. old Singer. I will offer to clean and service it for her so she can display it in her shop and use it occasionally.
Rodney in Ponchatoula, La.
Rodney in Ponchatoula, La.
04-22-2014, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Mizkaki
Rodney,
AH, much better. This number falls in this range: 1,350,000 to 1,914,000. These were made in 1874.
AH, much better. This number falls in this range: 1,350,000 to 1,914,000. These were made in 1874.
04-23-2014, 06:59 AM
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Mike,
I don't know what model he saw. I went on the corrected 7 digit serial number he gave. ( "looks to be 1620522(?) possibly a 5 on that last digit."). My info shows this to be from 1874.
Cathy
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I don't know what model he saw. I went on the corrected 7 digit serial number he gave. ( "looks to be 1620522(?) possibly a 5 on that last digit."). My info shows this to be from 1874.
Cathy
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Originally Posted by manicmike
They didn't make 27s in 1874. Common mistake is to mis-read a digit. 1899 is likely.
04-24-2014, 10:15 PM
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They didn't make a 27 then,.. but the VS2 was at least 1889, I can't remember the exact date, but earlier. VS2 implies VS1...
This page says the first Vibrating Shuttle machine was 1885:http://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/28/
Is there a photo to go with this machine?
We like pics...
This page says the first Vibrating Shuttle machine was 1885:http://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/28/
Is there a photo to go with this machine?
We like pics...
04-25-2014, 05:21 AM
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Thanks for all the info. When I told Lee that her machine was mfg. in the late 1800's she could not be happier. I offered to bring it to my shop and service it and clean up the cabinet. She and her husband do civil war reenactments where she is a vendor and they will be back next Tuesday when I will meet with her. She does my and my sister's machine quilting. If nothing else, I will get a few pics and post them next week.
Thank once again to all for your help,
Rodney in Ponchatoula, La.
Thank once again to all for your help,
Rodney in Ponchatoula, La.
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