Musical Instruments
1870s Swiss Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass, Steel
20th Century American Adirondack Musical Instruments
Wood
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 20th Century German Industrial Musical Instruments
Metal, Aluminum
19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Early 20th Century British Musical Instruments
Walnut
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Musical Instruments
Wood, Glass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Aluminum
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal, Steel
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Musical Instruments
Brass
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
Early 20th Century British Musical Instruments
Oak
1960s Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Musical Instruments
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Teak
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Musical Instruments
Iron
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Ormolu, Bronze
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Ceramic, Wood
2010s German Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Wood
Early 1900s British Other Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
20th Century European Other Musical Instruments
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Musical Instruments
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Modern Musical Instruments
Brass, Chrome
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Bakelite
Early 2000s French Musical Instruments
Paper
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Musical Instruments
Mahogany
Early 20th Century English Musical Instruments
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Musical Instruments
Ceramic
Early 20th Century American Native American Musical Instruments
Other
Mid-20th Century European Musical Instruments
Brass
1940s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
18th Century Thai Tibetan Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Metal
19th Century Napoleon III Antique Musical Instruments
Mahogany
2010s Italian Modern Musical Instruments
Ceramic
Late 18th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Musical Instruments
Ceramic
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Chrome
1940s Vintage Musical Instruments
Bakelite
Late 19th Century English Antique Musical Instruments
Brass, Copper
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Ormolu
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Early 20th Century American Native American Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Oak
Late 19th Century German Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1990s Italian Other Musical Instruments
Silver
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Musical Instruments
Composition, Metal
Mid-20th Century Musical Instruments
Brass
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Musical Instruments
Oak
Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Musical Instruments
Ebony
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 19th Century German Other Antique Musical Instruments
Other
20th Century Spanish Islamic Musical Instruments
Silver
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.