Musical Instruments
Early 1900s British Other Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Musical Instruments
Aluminum
1950s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Bakelite
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Goatskin, Hide
1950s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Bakelite
Late 19th Century Swiss Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1940s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Resin
Early 2000s Other Musical Instruments
Silver Plate, Brass
1980s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
1950s Indian Industrial Vintage Musical Instruments
Brass
1890s French Romantic Antique Musical Instruments
Metal
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Walnut
Mid-19th Century French Romantic Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Musical Instruments
Walnut
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Musical Instruments
Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Resin
20th Century Italian Other Musical Instruments
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Brass, Chrome
1970s German Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
Mid-20th Century Canadian Musical Instruments
Aluminum, Steel
Mid-20th Century American Scandinavian Modern Musical Instruments
Brass
17th Century French Romantic Antique Musical Instruments
Walnut
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Musical Instruments
Metal
20th Century Japanese Space Age Musical Instruments
Plastic, Walnut
1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Plastic
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Musical Instruments
Bronze
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Wood
Early 1900s British Other Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
1930s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Resin
19th Century British Arts and Crafts Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
1970s Japanese Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Plastic
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Teak
19th Century German Modern Antique Musical Instruments
Lacquer
Late 19th Century Unknown Other Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Wood
20th Century American Musical Instruments
Plastic
19th Century German Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
Early 20th Century Musical Instruments
Mahogany, Rosewood, Pine
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Musical Instruments
Carbon Fiber
Late 20th Century Indonesian Musical Instruments
Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Plaster
Late 19th Century Czech Other Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
19th Century Nepalese Rustic Antique Musical Instruments
Leather, Wood
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Musical Instruments
Walnut
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Musical Instruments
Abalone, Wood, Shell
1980s Italian Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Sterling Silver
1950s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Resin
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Musical Instruments
Crystal, Metal
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Musical Instruments
Bronze
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Oak
Early 20th Century Victorian Musical Instruments
Oak
1930s French Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Metal
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Bakelite
19th Century Thai Antique Musical Instruments
Leather, Rope, Wood
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Teak
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal, Brass
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Musical Instruments
Porcelain, Walnut, Giltwood
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Glass, Wood
20th Century American Regency Musical Instruments
Bronze, Ormolu
1810s English Regency Antique Musical Instruments
String, Wood, Ebony, Giltwood
1950s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Bakelite
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Early 1900s French Antique Musical Instruments
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Acrylic
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.