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Musical Instruments For Sale
20th Century Military Bugle in Copper and Brass Decorated with Leaves and Swords
Located in Sofia, BG
Small French military bugle made of brass and copper with missing mouthpiece.
France, circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century French Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass, Copper
Tenor Flugelhorn
By V.F. Cerveny & S. - Hradec - Kralove
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Tenor 4 cylinder flugelhorn - This tenor flugelhorn was made by V.F. Cerveny & S. - Hradec . Kralove - The Company was established in 1842 in Hradeh Kralove, Czech Republic. It was C...
Category
Late 19th Century Czech Other Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Richard Strauss Ibach Cherry Gate Leg Grand Piano by Emanuel Von Seidl
Located in Leeds, GB
Restored, 1907 Ibach Model 2 grand piano with a cherry case in a checkerboard design and inlaid, contrasting squares on the piano lid. Piano music desk is in an openwork dual criss-cross design. Piano has gate legs with four contrasting black spindles. Piano one of two designed for and offered to Richard Strauss by Ibach. Ibach made two pianos almost identical in this design except, the other #56279 had low, square piano cheeks. Richard Strauss chose that one as he intended the piano for his home where he hosted concerts and wanted his audience to be able to see his hands. This piano remained in the possession of Ibach and was used in exhibitions for promotional purposes. This piano was designed by Emanuel von Seidl, a German architect, interior designer and engineer. Between 1900 and 1918, Seidl was a successful villa architect and was known far beyond the borders of his hometown of Munich. Probably his most important private houses include that of Richard Strauss with its generously glazed bay window and view of the Alps, and the country estate Schloss Wolfsbrunn built for the mining entrepreneur Georg Wolf.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
Vintage Piano Accordion, German, Squeezebox, Meinel and Herold, Dix Reeds
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage piano accordion. A German, pearloid squeezebox by Meinel and Herold with Dix reeds and carry case, dating to the mid-20th century, ci...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
PH Upright Piano, Natural Undyed Leather with Chrome Metal Parts and Wood Panels
Located in Copenhagen, DK
- All prices are listed ex works.
- 5 year guarantee.
- We regularly crate, ship, and install PH Pianos worldwide with full insurance.
An incredible design piece for all spaces. This new edition of the PH Upright Piano...
Category
2010s Danish Bauhaus Musical Instruments
Materials
Chrome
Antique 19th Century Swiss Rosewood "Drums and Bells" Music Box, circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Splendid Antique 19th century Swiss rosewood "Drums and Bells" working music box, circa 1880
Measures: 10" high closed 21" high open.
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Rosewood
Early 20th Century Western Apache Wooden Fiddle with Display Stand
By Amos Gustina
Located in Denver, CO
Custom Display Stand is included.
This piece was created by the renowned Apache artist, Amos Gustina (1858-1945) commonly called an "Apache Fiddle," thi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Musical Instruments
Materials
Other
Early African Cuica Drum, Tribal Sculpture, Hand Carved Wood
Located in Buffalo, NY
Drums are among the most important art forms in Africa, used both as a musical instrument and as a work of sculpture significant in many ceremonial functions, including dance, ritual...
Category
20th Century Congolese Tribal Musical Instruments
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
Antique 19th Century English Silvered Bronze & Oak "Hunting Horn" Gong, Ca. 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th century English silvered bronze and oak "Hunting Horn" gong, Circa 1890's.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Silver Plate, Bronze
Large Gilt Bronze Mounted Maple Harp by Pleyel, Wolff, Lyon and Cie
By Pleyel
Located in London, GB
This fine antique harp dates from the second half of the 19th century and was made in France by Pleyel, Wolff, Lyon and Cie. The renowned Parisian firm ma...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Grand Piano Mercier Louis XV Ormolu Bronzes Marquetry Mahogany Rosewood
Located in Ettlingen, DE
Art cased grand piano by Erard Paris
Serial number 19924
Case Paris 1877
Designed by Mercier Frères Paris with a design specified by order.
Restored to perfection by our German piano master team. For stable tuning, the pinblock has been renewed.
Having a piece of furniture done by the famous furniture designer of Mercier Freres is a dream, having a piano designed by them was something not quite expected. Case is patterned pieces of high quality mahogany ending on three lion claw type feet in bronze mercure. Piano fully restored by the Palace Pianos team. Each part was taken care of in order to preserve the authenticity.
The Mercier Erard plays even and perfect. Recommende for all type of music. Did you know that David Bowie recorded...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Swiss Gold and Enamel Musical Vinaigrette
Located in New Orleans, LA
A musical movement distinguishes this wonderful early 19th-century gold vinaigrette box. The vessel is covered in delicate engraving highlighted by bl...
Category
19th Century Swiss Neoclassical Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
PH Bow Grand Piano in Maple Birch with Brass Details, Modern, Sculptural
Located in Copenhagen, DK
- All prices are listed ex works.
- 5 year guarantee.
- We regularly crate, ship and install PH Pianos worldwide with full insurance.
The PH Bow Grand Piano...
Category
2010s Danish Art Deco Musical Instruments
Materials
Maple, Birch, Birdseye Maple
Paul Louis Gastaud, Telephone Radio/ K7
By Paul-Louis Gastaud
Located in Marbella, ES
Paul Louis Gastaud (20th)
Telephone Radio/ K7
Hi-Fi system embedded in an ABS phone
Signed
Measures: H 126 × Ø 41 cm
Functional
Excellent cond...
Category
1970s French Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Plastic
Carl Auböck Horn Salad Servers, Austria, 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck Salad Servers made of Horn, Austria, 1960s.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Horn
Antique Victorian Hardwood Piano Stool with Decorative Base Height Adjustable
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning hand carved Victorian circa 1880 Piano stool with height adjustable top
A very good looking and well-made piano stool, its quite w...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
19th Century Hand-Painted Folk Art Spanish Tambourine with Artist's Signature
Located in Madrid, ES
A painted rustic city scene framed by a branch of exquisite pink flowers adorns this small Spanish tambourine. Skillfully painted with an illegible a...
Category
19th Century Spanish Folk Art Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood, Leather
Finest Quality Reuge Swiss 3.72 Note Grand Piano Inlaid Music Box Plays 3 Songs
Located in Tustin, CA
Astounding, finest quality, hand-made estate 3.72 note "Reuge" music and jewelry box grand piano with gorgeous instrumental motif marquetry on burl walnut wood case. The music box plays 3 songs. Flawless sound featuring a 72 note Swiss movement. The wood piano case is handmade in Italy by the world's best master artisans in marquetry.
One cylinder; 3 melodies playing one after another. It plays for a very long time when fully wound.
Reuge 72...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Neoclassical Musical Instruments
Materials
Burl
Guitar Infiny Wall Decoration Mirror with Led Lights
Located in Paris, FR
Wall decoration mirror guitar Infiny made with
mirrored led lights with glass and plexiglass creating
an infiny mirrored effect. With original and except...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Musical Instruments
Materials
Glass, Plexiglass
Swiss Station Cylinder Music Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tiny dancers twirl to the melodious tunes produced by this Swiss station cylinder music box. The cylinder is joined by a drum and bells that give richness and depth to the wonderful music the box creates. Music boxes were at the height of fashion in the late 19th century and served as a status symbol for the European gentry. Switzerland was the birthplace of cylinder music boxes and home to the great majority of the most renowned manufacturers. This example, in its finely crafted English walnut case, boasts two combs, allowing the box to play in harmony for a richer, more complex song.
This particular style, commonly referred to as a “station” or “showcase” box, was used to entertain guests in hotel lobbies, train stations and other similar public places, and as such would have been coin-operated. This example, however, does not accept coins. This, combined with its overall quality, complexity and beauty, indicates it was made for a private household of significant means. Today, these ingenious musical masterpieces are highly sought-after by collectors of musical automata...
Category
19th Century Swiss Other Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
JBL Speaker Model C-38 in the Style of George Nelson
By JBL 1
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A JBL speaker with a medium toned walnut cabinet model # C-38 with cast aluminum legs in the style of George Nelson. Inside the enclosure contains one sing...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Materials
Walnut
Solid Wood Horn Floor Standing High Fidelity Speaker Model FS-1 by A for Ara
By A for Ara
Located in Sebastopol, CA
An embrace with the art of high fidelity sound. Aesthetically inspired, acoustically driven state-of-the-art audio equipment, unlike anything else on ear...
Category
2010s American Modern Musical Instruments
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rococo Style Heavy White Metal Call Bell
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a bronze color heavy white metal call bell with a stand and a small bell stick. The bell is adorned with some repousse bay leaves branches. It hangs fro...
Category
20th Century Unknown Rococo Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
Concert Grand Piano Alfred Waterhouse Arts &Crafts Aesthetic Movement Romanesque
By Alfred Waterhouse
Located in Ettlingen, DE
Art Cased Concert Grand by John Broadwood & Sons, Serial number 21658, Year 1882.
Mahogany case by order of Sir Alfred Waterhouse (1830 - 1905) , a lea...
Category
19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Iron
Miniature Music and Jewellery Box Asprey, London, Movement by Rouge, Switzerland
Located in Norwich, GB
Music and Jewellery Box, Asprey London.
Movement by Reuge, Switzerland.
Miniature jewellery and music box in the style of a grand piano in a mahogany and walnut veneered case inlaid with marquetry throughout featuring musical instruments, raised on three turned tapered legs. The front opening to reveal a traditional keyboard with brass button slider. The top opening to reveal a green baize lined jewellery compartment bearing a brass plaque signed ‘Asprey, London’. c.1970
A separate compartment opening within to reveal a Swiss musical movement...
Category
1970s Swiss Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
Large Chinese Carved Dinner Gong
Located in Cheshire, GB
Chinese intricately carved and pierced hardwood dinner gong, having circular brass gong with original beater.
Dimensions
Height 50 inches
Length 24.5 inches
width 13.5 inches.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century Thai Ceremonial Drum with Ropes and Leather Drumhead
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Thai ceremonial wooden drum from the 19th century, with leather drumhead. Sculptural and freestanding, this 19th century drum, created in Thailand, will make for a great decorative accentuation in any home. Topped with a leather drumhead secured with ropes, the drum is adorned with carved motifs on the belly. With its slender silhouette and rustic appearance, this antique Thai drum...
Category
19th Century Thai Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Leather, Rope, Wood
Massive Javanese Ageng Gong
Located in New York, NY
This huge, dramatic Javanese gong is the largest gong in the gamelan orchestra. It is 36 inches in diameter and a full 10 inches deep. The ageng gong has the lowest pitch in the orch...
Category
20th Century Indonesian Musical Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Wurlitzer Juke Box
By Wurlitzer
Located in Atlanta, GA
Wurlitzer "The Bubbler" juke box. Model 1015CD
Dimensions: Height 60", width 33", depth 25"
CW4607.
This Juke Box plays CD's. We do not have a list of the artist or songs, however it is an eclectic mix including (but not limited to): Whitney Houston, Natalie Cole, George Benson, John Barry, Earl Klugh, Don Henley, Mariah Carey, Bette Midler, Bonnie Rait, Van Morrison...
Category
1940s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
MCCS Sphera Black 2-Speaker System
By Mario Cioni
Located in Milan, IT
A new concept of loudspeaker system is now being presented: Mario Cioni Crystal Sound introduces Sphera, a new loudspeaker system. A speaker of high quality made with a precious mate...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Musical Instruments
Materials
Crystal, Metal
1930s Magnadyne Art Deco Tube Radio, Empire Style, Working, All Original Parts
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian 1930s Magnadyne (Turin) Art Deco tube radio, empire style, working, all original parts
Measures in cm: H 45, W 42, D 45.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Musical Instruments
Materials
Walnut
Sumba Ceremonial Drums
Located in New York, NY
Three beautifully carved and patinated ceremonial drums from Sumba, Indonesia, circa 1930. Priced and sold individually. Sizes vary.
Left and middle dr...
Category
1930s Indonesian Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Leather, Teak
Henri Fugere, Bronze Figure, 'Bebe Tapin' Boy Playing His Drum
By Henri Fugère
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Henri Fugere, bronze figure, ' Bebe Tapin ' signed in the bronze.
French Boy playing his drum. Henry Fugere, a well listed artist. Mr. Fugere was born in...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Musical Instruments
Materials
Marble, Metal
Antique Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi, an Italian Opera Composer, 1901
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Giuseppe Verdi'.
Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi. Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian opera composer.
Artists and ...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Paper
Exceptional 19th Century Violin by Enrico Ceruti, Cremona 1875
Located in Sofia, BG
Rare Enrico Ceruti Violin made in 1875. There is a printed label within the body of the violin verifying the maker and the year.
The violin is accompani...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
French Mid-19th Century Concert Grand Piano Signed Pleyel
By Pleyel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular French mid-19th century, circa 1855, Louis XVI st. tulipwood parquetry and ormolu mounted, Model 2 Concert Grand Piano, signed Pleyel...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Ormolu
Musicians and Bajadere Dancers from Pondicherry, India, ca.1845
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Bajaderen von Pondichery, Bajadères de Pondichery'.
This print depicts musicians from Pondicherry, India.
Europeans referred to exotic Indian dancers as...
Category
1840s Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Paper
Black Forest Carved Jewelry Box, circa 1900
By Black Forest
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Beautiful hand carved Black Forest footed jewelry box with two song birds as finials. Comes with original key. Unique find.
Origin: Switzerland,...
Category
Early 1900s Swiss Black Forest Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Mandolin Singing Bird Automaton Music Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional singing bird cylinder music box is a wonder of Austrian mechanical ingenuity. Not only does it play a selection of classical airs with remarkable tone and clarity, but its lush sound is accompanied by a colorful, singing bird automaton...
Category
19th Century Austrian Other Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Satinwood
PH Bow Grand Piano, Maple Birch with Brass Details, Modern, Sculptural
Located in Copenhagen, DK
- All prices are listed ex works.
- 5 year guarantee.
- We regularly crate, ship and install PH Pianos worldwide with full insurance.
The PH Bow Grand Piano...
Category
2010s Danish Art Deco Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Important Ormolu-Mounted Amaranth, Kingwood and Satine Parquetry Grand Piano
By Henry Dasson
Located in New York, NY
Attributed to Henry Dasson (d. 1896)
Origin: French
Date: circa 1885-q890
Dimension: (H) 35 1/4 in x (W) 54 in x (W) 78 in.
Provenance: Acquired by Dr. J. T Nieto-Gomez from fi...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Antique Print of Johannes Brahms, a German Composer, Pianist & Conductor, 1880
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Johannes Brahms'.
Portrait of Johannes Brahms. Johannes Brahms was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period.
Artists and Engraver...
Category
1880s Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Paper
Print of Timorese Ladies Playing Harp & Drinking Tea in Kupang, Indonesia, 1825
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'Coupang: Ile Timor. Divers Costumes.' - ('Coupang, Timor Island. Various costumes').
Three figures in the native dress of the Indonesian island Timor. A y...
Category
1820s Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Paper
Pueblo Indian Drum
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Polychrome Pueblo drum. From a private New York State historical society.
Period: Last quarter of the 19th century.
Origin: New York
Size: 6" D x 6" H
...
Category
19th Century American Native American Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Hide
European Studio Ceramicist, Two Rattle Instruments in Glazed Stoneware
Located in Copenhagen, DK
European studio ceramicist. Two rattle instruments in glazed stoneware.
Hand-painted wavy decoration in orange-brown shades.
Late 20th century.
Largest measures: 14 x 8 cm.
In ...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Musical Instruments
Materials
Stoneware
Polyphon Autochange Disk Music Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
As exceptionally scarce as it is fascinating, this autochange disk player by the Polyphon Musikwerke in Leipzig, Germany can change between six disks and play with the incredibly rare addition of bells that accompany the music. Before a coin is dropped into the slot, slide the brass indicator until it points to the desired music selection, insert a penny, and the chosen song will play automatically. An extremely limited number of these automatic disk changers were ever created, and even fewer have survived in such outstanding condition.
Standing over seven feet tall, this particular model boasts a magnificent walnut case with handsome burl panels on its original, matching storage cabinet. A true technical marvel for its day, Polyphon’s automatic disk changer symbolizes pure ingenuity and superlative craftsmanship. This antique player...
Category
Late 19th Century German Other Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Original Engraving of Japanese Musicians Playing Native Music Instruments, 1669
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'Japansche kamerspeelders.' - ('Japanese musicians').
Four chamber musicians are playing on native instruments outside. Arnol...
Category
1660s Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Paper
Black Forest Musical Fruit Bowl, circa 1900
By Black Forest
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Musical Black Forest carved fruit bowl with grape and vine motif and handles. Plays music when picked up and set down. Would make a great gift or col...
Category
Early 1900s Swiss Black Forest Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Other
Horn Speaker
By Altec Lansing Corporation
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A multicellular galvanized outdoor horn speaker.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Steel
Rare RCA Victor Childs Folding Chair, Nipper Dog and Horn
By RCA Victor
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare RCA Victor Childs folding chair, nipper dog and horn. I’ve only seen one other in 40 years, Classic 1930s childs size folding chair with original RCA V...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Patinated Wrought Iron Art Deco Amsterdam School Gong or Bell, 1930s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Wonderful Art Deco Amsterdam School gong or bell.
Striking Dutch design from the 1930s.
Patinated wrought iron.
In very good condition with a beautiful patina.
Category
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th Century Swiss Cylinder Carved Music Box on a Table by Mermod Freres
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a 19th century Swiss cylinder carved music box on a table by Mermod Freres. The maker’s mark is in a silver color shield shaped metal at the righ...
Category
19th Century Swiss Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
PH Pianette, Cognac Color Leather, Wood Panels and Chromed Metal Parts
Located in Copenhagen, DK
- All prices are listed ex works.
- 5 year guarantee.
- We regularly crate, ship and install PH Pianos worldwide with full insurance.
The PH Pianette ...
Category
2010s Danish Bauhaus Musical Instruments
Materials
Chrome
Modernist Cello Case
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A unique cello case with cubist angles in its design.
Category
1950s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood, Leather
Eames Office radio for Emerson
Located in Toronto, Ontario
A nice radio design by the Eames office. Model 578A.
Mahogany veneer case with plastic face and dials.
Category
1940s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
Louis XVI Serinette in the Form of a Miniature Commode by Richard, Paris, 1775
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very rare Louis XVI period serinette or bird organ in the form of a transitional style gilt bronze mounted and marquetry inlaid miniature commode in the manner of gilbert, by Robert Richard, Paris.
With a label for ' RICHARD - maitre facteur d’orgues et mécanicien / Rue de richelieu à la bibliothèque Du Roy / Paris 1775'.
This rare Serinette or Bird Organ has a wooden cylinder barrel mounted by twelve pins and linked to twelve sound pipes. A crank attached to the front panel controls the bellows that activates the mechanism.
The exceptional marquetry inlaid case is in the form of a gilt bronze mounted transitional style miniature commode. The top of the commode is inlaid with a landscape scene with buildings, opening to an interior with an allegory of Love Conquering All, represented by two doves perching on a bow and quiver. The front of the commode depicts two obelisks centred by a Fine musical trophy and each side is inlaid with panels depicting the Medici Vase. The back of the commode is decorated with floral marquetry.
A closely related Serinette dating from circa 1770, also in the form of a miniature commode, with the marquetry case stamped by the master marqueteur Leonard Boudin, is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
The term serinette is derived from serine, French for finch. The instrument worked like a small barrel organ with a barbed cylinder, wind box and lead pipes and produced a high, thin sound in imitation of birds. Other versions included a merline, which copied blackbirds and a turlutaine, which copied curlews. Used to teach caged birds to sing tunes, different barrels could be inserted to train different birds. It first appeared in France circa 1730 and became a popular drawing-room toy for fashionable women. An interesting painting commissioned in 1751 for Louis XV by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin and now in the collection of the Louvre, depicts a refined lady seated in her salon playing a bird organ to encourage her bird to sing.
Robert Richard
Robert Richard was a Parisian organ and harpsichord maker and the mécanicien du roi to Louis XV and Louis XVI and was based in the Bibliothèque du Roi in rue de Richelieu.
Initially working alongside the Cliquot family who acted as 'facteur d'orgue du Roi', he is recorded as building an organ for the church of Notre-Dame de Quebec, in Montreal in 1753 (destroyed in 1759) and as the inventor of a mechanical concert shown in an engraving by d'Eisen in 1769.
Canon Jean Marie De La Corne described Robert Richard as : ''Le plus habile ouvrier de paris, fameux mechanitien et Homme de probité''.
French, Dated 1775.
Literature:
Pierre Kjellberg, The French Furniture of the 17th century, The Editions of the Amateur, 2008
Count Francois de Salverte, Cabinetmakers of the 18th century, Editions of Art and History, 1934
Raymond Russell, Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Musical Instruments, Volume I - Keyboard Instruments,(London, 1968; p. 69.)
Elizabeth Miller...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Rare Gabonese African Harp
Located in New York, NY
A rare figurative harp from made by the Vuvi or Tsogo people of Gabon. It is an instrument traditionally played by young men and boys. These rare instruments are well known for their...
Category
20th Century Gabonese Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Rare Alexander Girard Detrola Radio, circa 1946, Modernist
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nice original working condition,, replaced back..
Signed with stamped manufacturer’s mark to underside: [12132].
USA
Medium
Design/Decorative Art
Manufacturer
Detrola Radio...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Antique and Vintage Musical Instruments
Pay tribute to a history of rich and diverse musical traditions that have taken shape all over the world by decorating your home with a collection of antique and vintage musical instruments.
Whether you’re playing them or merely displaying them, vintage musical instruments, when cared for properly, can be a wonderful addition to any space. At between four and five feet in length, an elegant early-1900s Steinway & Sons baby grand piano will undoubtedly steal the show if you’re thinking of yielding some precious real estate to one of these American classics, but maybe you’re simply shopping for art to warm the bare walls of your new apartment or weekend home.
For your living room, maybe you’ve already hunted down portraits by Gered Mankowitz, a celebrated 1960s-era photographer who spent his life capturing iconic images of music’s biggest stars. If you’ve got more space to work with there — or perhaps you need some entertainment room ideas — consider positioning an old guitar as a focal point. If a room has no distinguishing architectural features, you could create a prominent focal point with trending paint colors, stylish shelving, an arrangement of flowers or by wall-mounting a spectacularly aging early-20th-century guitar or other stringed instrument.
Alternatively, much in the way that you might group a collection of artwork to hang salon-style, with a little help from strong hanging wire or some wall hooks, vintage brass instruments such as a gong, French horn or trumpet can help elevate a home office or complement the efforts you’ve made to ensure a welcoming vibe in your home’s entryway. Bells or antique wind instruments can add provocative metallic contrasts to dark woods as tabletop decorative objects. Think of them as eye-catching ornamental flourishes that you can bring to end tables in a common area, to the top of a desk or to a mid-century storage cabinet.
Bring culture and creativity into your space with decades-old plywood tabletop radios or musical instruments from all over the world — be they drums from Africa or harps from France. Even if you’re not exactly getting the band back together, we can promise that the range of antique and vintage instruments on 1stDibs can help strike a meaningful chord in your interior design plan.
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