Musical Instruments
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Musical Instruments
Plastic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Chrome
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
1950s Czech Adam Style Vintage Musical Instruments
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Acrylic
1960s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Resin
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Glass, Wood
1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal, Brass
1940s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Mid-20th Century German Musical Instruments
Brass
1960s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Aluminum
1930s American Louis XVI Vintage Musical Instruments
Bronze
1950s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Bakelite
1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Metal
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Musical Instruments
Wood
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Aluminum
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood, Rosewood
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Aluminum, Brass
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Musical Instruments
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Musical Instruments
Brass
1960s Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Teak
Mid-20th Century American Modern Musical Instruments
Brass, Chrome
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Bakelite
Mid-20th Century European Musical Instruments
Brass
1940s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Metal
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Chrome
1940s Vintage Musical Instruments
Bakelite
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Musical Instruments
Composition, Metal
Mid-20th Century Musical Instruments
Brass
1960s Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Steel
1950s German Vintage Musical Instruments
Brass
1930s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Resin
Mid-20th Century Unknown Tribal Musical Instruments
Leather, Hardwood
1930s British Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Copper
1940s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Macassar, Mahogany
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Rosewood, Sycamore
1950s French Neoclassical Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal, Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Brass, Iron
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Musical Instruments
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Brass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Glass, Plastic, Wood
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Metal
Mid-20th Century Swiss Country Musical Instruments
Bronze
Mid-20th Century German Musical Instruments
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
Mid-20th Century Thai Rustic Musical Instruments
Leather, 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.