Musical Instruments
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze, Ormolu
Early 1900s Swiss Black Forest Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
20th Century Musical Instruments
Rosewood
19th Century Austrian Other Antique Musical Instruments
Satinwood
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
2010s Danish Art Deco Musical Instruments
Brass
2010s Danish Bauhaus Musical Instruments
Chrome
19th Century Swiss Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 19th Century German Other Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1940s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
1950s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood, Leather
20th Century North American Art Deco Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 19th Century American Antique Musical Instruments
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Other Antique Musical Instruments
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Brass
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Musical Instruments
Paint, Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Rosewood, Sycamore
Early 1900s English Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
19th Century Swiss Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Glass, Rosewood, Satinwood
Early 1900s Swiss Black Forest Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
Early 1900s European Antique Musical Instruments
Porcelain, Fabric
19th Century French Other Antique Musical Instruments
Paint
1850s Tibetan Tibetan Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
19th Century American Native American Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
19th Century American Other Antique Musical Instruments
Oak
1870s American Native American Antique Musical Instruments
Hide
Early 20th Century Austrian Other Musical Instruments
Multi-gemstone
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Musical Instruments
Leather, Wood
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Musical Instruments
Mahogany
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
Late 19th Century Japanese Arts and Crafts Antique Musical Instruments
Wood, Animal Skin
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Brass, Iron
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Musical Instruments
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Congolese Organic Modern Musical Instruments
Iron
Early 1900s Thai Antique Musical Instruments
Leather, Wood
Late 19th Century Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 19th Century English Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
20th Century German Other Musical Instruments
Wood
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Aluminum, Brass
2010s American Modern Musical Instruments
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Chrome
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Early 20th Century Musical Instruments
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.