Musical Instruments
2010s Danish Bauhaus Musical Instruments
Chrome, Aluminum
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Walnut
1890s French Romantic Antique Musical Instruments
Metal
Mid-19th Century French Romantic Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
1940s English Campaign Vintage Musical Instruments
Animal Skin, Paint, Rope, Leather
17th Century French Romantic Antique Musical Instruments
Walnut
1980s Italian Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Silver
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1960s Canadian Space Age Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal, Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Chrome
Mid-20th Century North American Musical Instruments
Chrome
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Berlin Iron
1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Plastic
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
1960s Japanese Vintage Musical Instruments
Walnut
1940s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Steel
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Oak
Early 1900s Other Antique Musical Instruments
Oak
Late 20th Century Folk Art Musical Instruments
Leather, Hardwood
1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
1930s German Vintage Musical Instruments
Bronze
1810s French Antique Musical Instruments
Gesso
Early 20th Century Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 19th Century English Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1950s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Walnut
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Plastic, Maple
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
19th Century Napoleon III Antique Musical Instruments
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Metal, Aluminum
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 20th Century Swiss Musical Instruments
Bronze
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 20th Century Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 19th Century English Folk Art Antique Musical Instruments
Brass, Copper
Early 18th Century Rustic Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Early 19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Early 1900s French Antique Musical Instruments
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Acrylic
Early 20th Century Musical Instruments
Brass
Mid-20th Century Chinese Musical Instruments
Wood, Paint
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 19th Century English Antique Musical Instruments
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Musical Instruments
Wicker, Wood
Late 19th Century English Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Chrome
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Early 20th Century American Native American Musical Instruments
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American American Craftsman Musical Instruments
Copper
1930s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Bakelite
1850s American American Classical Antique Musical Instruments
Iron
Late 19th Century Swiss High Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass, Steel
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
1960s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
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.