Shuya built the row garmons at the heart of Russian folk music. Serial numbers are not a date key; the reliable marks are the internal ОТК stamp (for example #46874 stamped 1982) and the instrument’s construction features.
The record makes room for uncertainty when a precise year is unavailable.
Factory and production era appear alongside the date when supported by a source.
See the source behind a match and what still needs to be confirmed.
No public records — dated by features.
Open the serial lookup →No serial records survive for Shuya garmons — these observations place an instrument by what is on it. Each is sourced.
Shuya garmon serials do not encode the year — the internal ОТК stamp does (when present). Feature dating covers the rest.
The exact spot varies by era and instrument type — the serial number guide walks through the common locations.
Recheck the characters exactly as marked, including any letters and leading zeros. Letter-prefixed numbers often belong to student or non-domestic lines that cannot be dated from the number. Some production periods may simply not be covered yet.