Exstremely Rare Collection Alcoa Aluminum String Instruments, Bass, Cello, Violin
By Alcoa Aluminum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Being offered extremely rare collection of aluminum string instruments,,string bass, ,cello,,and violin....... circa 1930s, all 3 instruments originaly wood grain painted, have been ...
Aluminum, Brass
Rare c. 1900 French Cigar-Box Violin – Authentic Trench-Art Folk Instrument
Located in Barcelona, ES
Discover a truly evocative piece of musical folk art: an original three-string violin hand-crafted around 1890-1920 from an official French “Manufacture des Tabacs / République Franç...
Wood
Rare 19th Century Austrian Enameled Violin Music Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare and magnificent 19th century Austrian violin-form music box, finely enameled and richly ornamented with gilt bronze mounts.
Bronze, Enamel
Rare system walking stick, the flute. Austria 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
Very rare gadget-System walking stick: stick with the function of a music instrument, a flute. Painted fruitwood shaft, wooden handle. Inside the shaft is hollow, and holes and keys ...
Brass, Iron
A rare and astonishing surreal drum from the Ashanti culture – Ghana
Located in London, GB
The presence of stylized breasts and sculpted scenes refers to important themes such as fertility, community, and ancestors. A musical instrument and symbolic object, this type of dr...
Wood
A rare and exceptional slit drum from the Mangbetu culture – Democratic Republic
Located in London, GB
The quality of its carving, the balance of its decoration, and its beautiful patina make it both a functional and highly decorative object, straddling the line between musical instru...
Metal
Rare Midcentury Table or Desk Radio, Space Age, Italy, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- rare type - space age style
Plastic
Rare Low Walnut Italian Baroque Period Cellist Lectern
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare Low Walnut Italian Baroque Period Cellist lectern.
Walnut
Rare 1939 Aluminum Double Bass by G. A. Pfretzschner, faux birdseye maple
By Alcoa Aluminum
Located in Buffalo, NY
In 1894 the Aluminum Musical Instrument Company of Ann Arbor, Michigan offered everything from violins to zithers.
Aluminum, Brass
Rare Carl Deffner Jugendstil Hammered Brass Table Gong, Germany, circa 1900
By Carl Deffner
Located in Antwerp, BE
This rare and highly decorative Art Nouveau dinner gong was created around 1900 by Carl Deffner of Esslingen, Germany, one of the leading manufacturers of artistic metalwork during t...
Brass
Rare Alexander Girard Detrola Radio, circa 1946, Modernist
By Alexander Girard
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 Alexande...
Brass
Quad Electrostatic Loudspeakers, Rare Midcentury Modern Set Collectors Speakers
By Quad Manufacturing 1, Design Acoustics
Located in Antwerp, BE
The original ESL decorative pieces of art objects electrostatic speakers in its range in production between 1957 and 1985, has been hailed in Sound & Vision as one of the most import...
Metal
Rare Baldwin Acrosonic Piano in Walnut, Brass & Caning #759945, USA, c. 1960s
By Baldwin Piano Company
Located in Deland, FL
This iconic Mid-Century Modern Baldwin Acrosonic spinet piano is the highly sought-after “Danish” model, celebrated for its sculptural walnut cabinet and elegant tapered spinet legs ...
Walnut
Rare Op Art Portable Recod Player with Flashing Multi-colored Lights
By Jay Kelly
Located in Buffalo, NY
WORKING Perfectly... visually stunning rare example of collectible audio history with a killer groovy design! AC powered "DeJay" brand portable monual record player in excellent co...
Fabric, Plastic, Wood
Rare Fraad Jr. Child's Size Talking Machine, circa 1916
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A New York firm established in 1915. An advertisement of 1916 offered ten models of disc players under the names Symphony, Fraad Jr. and Symphony Jr. (the firm went bankrupt in Augus...
Mahogany
Rolling Stones 1997/98 World Tour Concert Letterman's / Bomber Jacket - Rare
Located in San Diego, CA
Hard to find Rolling Stones 1997, 98 World Tour concert letterman's / bomber jacket, circa 1997. Truly a great piece of rock & roll history from arguably the greatest rock band of ...
Leather, Wool
Very rare mid 19th Century burl walnut baby grand piano by Collard and Collard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
What a beautiful and rare piano, I have had this piano for 30 years, I am sad to let it go, but sold my house, and my new house is too small to accommodate, this beauty, the patina i...
Metal
A Very Rare 19th Century Bronze Tower Bell Mounted on Original Hanging Bracket
Located in Dublin, IE
A very rare 19th Century finely cast bronze tower bell with stunning patination mounted on the original hanging bracket. Dimensions: Height: 16 in / 40.5 cm Bar Width: 24 in /...
Bronze
Rare Pair of Pearl & Oakley Acoustics Ceramic Chinese Urn Stereo Speakers
By Altec Lansing Corporation
Located in St. Louis, MO
Very Unique 1980s Asian Modern Pearl & Oakley Acoustics custom home audio speakers in the form of Chinese lidded urns or ceramic vases with crackle glaze. Would look great in any int...
Ceramic, Wood
$350,000Sale Price|30% Off
Rare Antique 1901 Steinway Model B Rosewood Grand Piano Louis XV Rococo Restored
By Steinway & Sons
Located in Dayton, OH
Fully Restored 1901 Steinway & Sons Model B Louis XV Baroque Rococo Grand Piano – Serial Number 99151, Full 88 key keyboard. The most exquisitely detailed example of a turn of the c...
Fruitwood, Rosewood
A fine rare 19th c Steinway grand piano ebonized and Chinoiserie painted scenes
Located in Dallas, TX
A spectacular 19th century Black Chinoiserie lacquered Presentation Steinway & Sons Grand Piano . Model #37278 ,having fall key cover reading Steinway & Sons patent Grand New York &...
Ebony
A Very Rare Wicker Rocker, Musical Motif, Wakefield Rattan, C.1890s
By Wakefield Rattan Company
Located in Nashua, NH
A very rare musical string instrument style wicker rocker by the Wakefield Rattan Company, Wakefield Massachusetts, C. 1890s in wonderful condition.
Wood, Cane, Wicker
Rosewood Banded Mahogany Classical Harmonicon
Located in Providence, RI
This is a rare musical instrument with its original glasses.
Glass, Mahogany, Rosewood
Rare Wurlitzer Student Butterfly Piano
By Wurlitzer
Located in Miami, FL
Rare Rudolph Wurlitzer Company student butterfly piano with 44 keys and original labels.
Birch
Rare Set of Paul McCobb Radios by CBS-Columbia, 1955
By Emerson Radio Corporation, Paul McCobb, (after) Andy Warhol, Crosley Radio
Located in Framingham, MA
Very rare set of two Paul McCobb CBS-Columbia Model 5110 radios. These are very hard to find. They won the MoMA Good Design Award in 1955, and were only produced two years. The rad...
Plastic
Unavailable
H 2 in W 11 in D 4.5 in
Thorens "Excelda" Camera Phone Phonograph Player circa 1930s Very Rare
By Thorens
Located in Oakland, CA
This is an authentic Excelda portable gramophone, the portable phonograph of the 1930's that resembled the pocket cameras of that time (usually referred to as a “Cameraphone”). It wa...
Metal
Unavailable
H 93.71 in W 33.08 in D 19.69 in
A very rare animated German walnut standing disc music box, Kalliope, circa 1895
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This music box has a Jockey automaton has an periferal driven double comb and bells 63.5-cm disc mechanism driving the jockey automaton, walnut case. The spring driven mechanism is c...
Wood
Unavailable
H 36.23 in W 29.53 in D 25.99 in
A rare Swiss mahogany disc music box, for the U.S. market, by Stella, circa 1880
By Stella
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
In a Louis XVI-style mahogany veneered cupboard with various discs in the compartment underneath.
Mahogany
Unavailable
H 74 in W 54 in D 74 in
Art Case Steinway Hamburg Model "A" Grand Piano Hand Painted Masterpiece
By Steinway & Sons
Located in Port Jefferson, NY
Art Case Steinway Hamburg Model "A" Grand Piano Hand Painted Masterpiece Totally Rebuilt & Restored. A RARE COMBINATION OF ART WORK, MUSICAL INSTRUMENT & HISTORY!
Rare African "Slit Drum" Carved from Single Log
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These rare musical instruments still function, and have a wonderful texture and patina.
Wood
Rare African "Slit Drum" Carved from Single Log
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These rare musical instruments still function, and have a wonderful texture and patina.
Rare African "Slit Drum" Carved from Single Log
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These rare musical instruments still function, and have a wonderful texture and patina.
Unavailable
H 9.85 in Dm 0.01 in
Henin French All Sterling Silver Asparagus Pastry Server Musical Instruments
By Henin et Cie 1
Located in TRIAIZE, PAYS DE LOIRE
A master silversmith made a complete cleaning and polishing. Rare model with musical instruments. Exceptional in both design and execution, this fabulous server will grace your table...
Sterling Silver
Unavailable
H 8.5 in Dm 0.001 in
Henin French Sterling Silver Dinner Flatware Set 12 Pieces Musical Instruments
By Henin et Cie 1
Located in TRIAIZE, PAYS DE LOIRE
A master silversmith made a complete cleaning and polishing. Rare model with musical instruments. Exceptional in both design and execution, this fabulous set will grace your table an...
Sterling Silver
Unavailable
H 36.23 in W 12.21 in D 29.93 in
Japanese Lacquered Cabinet ‘Shodana’ from the Arashiyama Museum, 19th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Panels are painted with gold lacquer with landscapes from the Genji monogatari; handles reproduce a sho, a rare antique musical instrument used for the gagaku, the Japanese imperial ...
Wood
Unavailable
H 31.5 in W 47.25 in D 19.3 in
George III Harewood and Rosweood Commode, Attributed to Pierre Langlois
By Pierre Langlois
Located in London, GB
A commode also featuring the rare depiction of musical instruments, was commissioned for the 6th Earl of Coventry and is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Rosewood, Harewood
Unavailable
H 118.12 in W 118.12 in D 0.4 in
Two Tapestries Manufacture Royale De Beauvais, 17th Century
Located in TOULOUSE, FR
Beautiful condition. Rare and rich border with musical instruments and games.
Textile, Tapestry
Rare Bechstein Upright Piano
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very rare Bechstein upright piano with original brass candle holders. Private collection London. History:
Bechstein of Berlin has been called the serious pianists maker.Asid...
RARE Neoclassical Period American Dulcimer
Located in Essex, MA
Period Neoclassical Dulcimer. New England in Origin. A true rarity. Trapezoidal form which lifts of of stand to sit on paw feet. Mahogany Lift-top Dulcimer on Stand, the hinged t...
Mahogany, Fir, Hardwood
Rare 19th century wall hanging gong
Located in Cheshire, GB
A rare 19th-century wall hanging gong, the solid oak backplate supporting an unusual brass monkey, having original brass gong and hammer. Dimensions Height 24 Inches Width 6 Inches D...
Oak
Rare Belle Epoque Pleyel Upright Piano
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pleyel upright piano with original brass candle holders and moving handles.
History:Ignace Pleyel a fine pianist and student of Haydn was born
1757 in Austria.As a musi...
Rare Baldwin Electronic Hapsicord by The Cannon Guild
By The Cannon Guild
Located in Dallas, TX
a rare Baldwin electronic harpsichord, manufactured by The Cannon Guild. These instruments were made in small numbers and were primarily used in recording studios.
Ivory, Glass, Wood
Rare 1960's Clairtone Project G Stereo System
Located in Dallas, TX
"Project G epitomized high design, pure form, the perfection of how sacred platonic geometry can bring our banal, everyday products to a higher spiritual art form. It set the trend f...
Metal
Sold
H 64.97 in W 19.69 in D 31.5 in
Rare Harp, 18th Century, Wood Painted with Flowers, Landscape, France
By Renault & Chatelain 1
Located in Paris, FR
Original 18th century French harp signed by Renault and Chatelain, Louis XVI period On view at The Met Fifth Avenue, New York City and at the French Museum of Music in Paris, la ...
Beech, Lacquer
A Very Rare 19th Century Gadget Flute Walking Cane
Located in Dublin, IE
A very rare 19th Century well figured gadget flute walking cane in chrome and timber of exceptional quality, beautifully hand carved with rich patination and grain. The elegant curv...
Chrome
Rare Brionvega RR130 TOTEM Radio by Mario Bellini, 1970s
By Mario Bellini, Brionvega
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Incredible and rare Brionvega RR130 radio by Mario Bellini, Italy 1970s. This incredibly rare radio has become an iconic piece, with its swiveling speakers which reveal the turntab...
Metal
Sold
H 60.24 in W 34 in D 27 in
Outstanding Wurlitzer 1015 "bubbler" Jukebox & rare 4008 extension speaker
By Wurlitzer
Located in Buffalo, NY
Original Wurlitzer Model 1015 “Bubbler” 78 RPM, jukebox in excellent condition with full set of 78 classic 50 and 60’s songs with printed labels. fully functional,, works perfectly ...
Chrome
Rare 1923 Wurlitzer Calliola Orchestral Band . "Old Time Circus Calliope
By Wurlitzer
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wurlitzer Calliola is a specific type of large, elaborate, self-playing musical instrument, essentially a grand carousel or band organ, often with a beautiful wooden case, designed ...
Metal, Iron
Antique Rare Red HMV Portable Gramophone Mod 102, 1935
By HMV
Located in London, GB
This really excellent portable gramophone was made by 'His Master's Voice' Model: 102 first made in 1931 and this one dates from 1935. Model No: 102 C Serial no: 447398 ...
Antique Portable Hmv Gramophone Mod 102 Rare in Blue
By HMV
Located in London, GB
This really excellent portable gramophone was made by 'His Master's Voice' Model: 102 made circa 1935 Serial No: B/3 100323 It was retailed by Alfred Imhof Ltd of 112 New Oxfo...
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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