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ISMACS News
Issue No. 56
July 1997
It's fairly easy to date Singer machines from the serial numbers but other makers cause more problems -- and more questions to the ISMACS mail and internet query services.
Pfaff machines are popular in the USA and until recently we had no way of dating them from serial numbers.
But now ISMACS' Australian representative Brenda Dean has tracked down this comprehensive list from which is should be possible to date all machines made by the Kaiserlauten, Germany, manufacturer from the first machine of 1862
Pfaff Hobby 1016 Manual Instructions
| Year | Number | Year | Number | Year | Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1862 | 1 | 1900 | 473000 | 1938 | 3422440 |
| 1863 | 6 | 1901 | 518000 | 1939 | 3575892 |
| 1864 | 46 | 1902 | 563000 | 1940 | 3652814 |
| 1865 | 115 | 1903 | 609000 | 1941 | 3706260 |
| 1866 | 196 | 1904 | 655000 | 1942 | 3738772 |
| 1867 | 306 | 1905 | 709000 | 1943 | 3759057 |
| 1868 | 556 | 1906 | 763000 | 1944 | 3773724 |
| 1869 | 906 | 1907 | 828000 | 1945 | 3776641 |
| 1870 | 1396 | 1908 | 903000 | 1946 | 3789232 |
| 1871 | 1906 | 1909 | 983000 | 1947 | 3810796 |
| 1872 | 2906 | 1910 | 1053684 | 1948 | 3849151 |
| 1873 | 4406 | 1911 | 1129645 | 1949 | 3950972 |
| 1874 | 7206 | 1912 | 1212819 | 1950 | 4000000 |
| 1875 | 9900 | 1913 | 1294245 | 1951 | 4411077 |
| 1876 | 13200 | 1914 | 1352714 | 1952 | 4671523 |
| 1877 | 17200 | 1915 | 1397859 | 1953 | 4910633 |
| 1878 | 23200 | 1916 | 1444963 | 1954 | 5000000 |
| 1879 | 29400 | 1917 | 1477429 | 1955 | 5466285 |
| 1880 | 37900 | 1918 | 1494809 | 1956 | 5174992 |
| 1881 | 46900 | 1919 | 1524339 | 1957 | 6000000 |
| 1882 | 56000 | 1920 | 1566186 | 1958 | 6222102 |
| 1883 | 63000 | 1921 | 1630792 | 1959 | 6434932 |
| 1884 | 70500 | 1922 | 1701177 | 1960 | 7000000 |
| 1885 | 76000 | 1923 | 1727077 | 1961 | 7219268 |
| 1886 | 80500 | 1924 | 1800238 | 1962 | 7524237 |
| 1887 | 85000 | 1925 | 1894135 | 1963 | 7902358 |
| 1888 | 91500 | 1926 | 1981976 | 1964 | 8000000 |
| 1889 | 99500 | 1927 | 2094437 | 1965 | 8329220 |
| 1890 | 118000 | 1928 | 2221369 | 1966 | 8585390 |
| 1891 | 143000 | 1929 | 2361537 | 1967 | 8788456 |
| 1892 | 173000 | 1930 | 2487829 | 1968 | 28979938 |
| 1893 | 203000 | 1931 | 2578959 | 1969 | 29149550 |
| 1894 | 238000 | 1932 | 2659351 | 1970 | 29417380 |
| 1895 | 273000 | 1933 | 2744510 | 1971 | 30052400 |
| 1896 | 308000 | 1934 | 2851984 | 1972 | 30205884 |
| 1897 | 348000 | 1935 | 2974097 | 1973 | 30380765 |
| 1898 | 388000 | 1936 | 3116391 | 1974 | 30549469 |
| 1899 | 428000 | 1937 | 3266741 | 1975 | 30714806 |
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