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Musical Instruments For Sale
Period: Late 20th Century
Period: Late 19th Century
Antique 6 Bell Music Box with Enamel Bee Strikers by Karrer, c. 1875
Located in London, GB
A lovely quality antique music box made by Karrer of Geneva, Switzerland in c. 1875.
The fully serviced musical movement features a highly attractive arrangement of 6 individually e...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass, Steel
Cylinder Musical Box
Located in Cheshire, GB
Swis music box with original tune sheet, cylinder, comb and the brass bed plate, within a rosewood case, the lid inlaid with boxwood lines and a central motif.
Dimensions
Height 8 ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Walnut
Antique Swiss Music Box, circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Swiss Music Box circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
A stunning Hexagonal shaped, gilt bronze and Sevres Singing Cage by Bontems
Located in London, GB
A stunning and very fine Hexagonal gilt bronze and Sevres plaque single singing bird-in-cage, by Bontems,
Going-barrel movement,
When wound with the key and start/stop lever actuated, the large and perfectly perched red thrush begins to sing his chorus, moving naturalistic beak, tailfeather and head from side-to-side to continuous birdsong.
One of the most sought after and most looked forward to models ever made by Bontems, this example is offered in pristine original condition. Hexagonal shaped, which is one of the rarer models you'll be lucky to come across, with 8 seperate porcelain plaques depicting lovers alternating with song birds within tooled gilt and bleu céleste borders
Gilt bronze singing bird cages, usually with stained glass, or fine porcelain panel inserts, were made in limited numbers during the 19th century to commission orders. The first maker to offer a bird cage to this design was Jacquet Droz in about 1798 with his large singing bird in cage, fusee-driven with a clock to the underside so when hung up, its use was three-dimensional.
Bontems created this with the past in mind and was no doubt the only maker...
Category
1880s Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Ethnic Musical Instrument, Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ethnic musical instrument is a unique object realized in the half of the 20th century.
Ethnic musical instrument made by craftsmanship with wood and recycled materials.
Mint c...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Antique English Polished Brass Counter / Desk Bell c.1890
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful and highly decorative desk or counter bell, my favourite kind with the more unusual clapper to the side rather than the ones you ring from the top. The hinged clapper is ...
Category
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Carved oak dinner gong
Located in Cheshire, GB
Carved oak dinner gong, the oak frame with mask pediment above a leaf-carved scroll decorated frame supporting the original brass gong. All raised on scrolling legs.
Dimensions
Heigh...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Oak
Antique English Victorian Hand Crank Mahogany Case Portable Upright Barrel Piano
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Victorian Hand Crank Mahogany Case Portable Upright Barrel Piano with Gold Gilt Trim. Circa Late 19th Century. Measurements: 45" H x 26" W x 18" D.
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Other Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Two Original Bronze Art Nouveau Candle Sconce for a Piano or Wall Germany, 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This pair of beautiful German Art Nouveau two arm bronze candlesticks dates from the 1890's and would make a great addition to a piano or a wall. The two arms have an elegant and sty...
Category
Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Rebuilt Steinway Model B Grand Piano Arabesque Music Desk Fluted Barrel Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
Rebuilt, 1886, Steinway Model B grand piano with a black case.
The music desk is in an openwork arabesque design featuring a central lyre motif
surrounded by stylised tendrils and foliage. The serpentine piano cheek features a dual linear case moulding. The piano lyre has two fluted spindle upright supports with two brass pedals and a brass footplate. The fluted, barrel piano legs have sunken brass casters. The leg pediment is carved with a stylised flower and curlicues. Piano has an eighty-five note keyboard.
Enjoy the vintage styling of an antique Steinway...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Gast Upright Piano Quartered Walnut Neoclassical Inlay Brass Candlesticks
Located in Leeds, GB
Albert Gast upright piano with a quartered, walnut case and ornate, brass candlesticks. Entire cabinet inlaid in neoclassical designs. Piano has an eighty-eight keyboard and two pedals.
Front panel features inlay of a central urn surrounded by scrolling acanthus and flowers. The cabinet pilasters are carved Corinthian style with a palmette flourish. The scroll piano cheeks are carved with curlicue strapwork and inlaid with foliage and flowers. The piano legs...
Category
Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Schiedmayer Grand Piano Walnut Carved Cheeks Filigree Music Desk Faceted Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
Schiedmayer grand piano with a french polished, burr walnut cabinet. The burr walnut is figured creating rippled patterns in the veneer reminiscent of oil on water.
The serpentine piano cheek features carvings of scrolling foliage, spirals and a dual linear case moulding that borders the cabinet in high relief.
The cut-out filigree music desk...
Category
Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Rebuilt 1881 Steinway & Sons Model D Concert Grand Piano Burr Walnut
Located in Leeds, GB
Rebuilt, 1881, Steinway & Sons Model D concert grand piano with a burr walnut case, filigree music desk and fluted, barrel legs. The music desk is an ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Walnut
Georg Fortner Upright Piano Mahogany High Relief Carvings by Julius Bechler
Located in Leeds, GB
Antique, Georg Fortner upright piano for sale with an ornately carved, mahogany case and ornate candlesticks. Entire cabinet features carved flowers, foliage, musical instruments and grotesque heads on each piano cheek.
This upright piano was made to order by the german piano manufacturer Georg Fortner in Munich. The extravagant cabinet carvings were created by the famous wood sculpter, Julius Bechler, who ordered the piano for his private home in the the town Achensee in Austria. Julius Bechler was an appointed wood artist for King Ludwig II...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
Pleyel Upright Piano Satinwood Neoclassical Inlay Fluted, Columnar Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
An 1893, Pleyel upright piano with a satinwood cabinet.
Entire cabinet features intricate, Neocalssical style inlay. The front panels feature a symmetri...
Category
1890s French Neoclassical Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Steinway & Sons Concert Grand Piano
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This extraordinary concert grand piano with 88 keys was made by the prestigious firm Steinway & Sons around 1894. The case's decoration was entrust...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Lamp, Table, Floor, Guitar Electric, Jaxville, Condemned to Rock, Rock and Roll
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Vintage, rock and roll or punk enthusiasts lamp or guitar that can easily be strummed or played. Upcycled from a vintage purple punk kick-ass guitar for the discerning rock chick. Oo...
Category
1970s British Post-Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Acrylic
Very Fine Louis XV Style Piano by Francois Linke, Signed., Stamped by Zwiener
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Francois Linke (1855-1946)
A very fine Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted kingwood piano,late 19th century , signed Francois Linke, stamped Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener,
movement by E...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Miniature Dutch Baroque Style Silver Mandolin Flask
Located in Stamford, CT
Dutch silver flask in the form of a mandolin with intricate Baroque style decoration, including cranes and a castle among floral arabesques on the front. The reverse depicting a charming scene influenced by Dutch old master genre paintings of two men with two dogs in a fenced yard surrounded by detailed foliage and trees. Complete with a fret and six individual silver wire strings. A tour de force in craftsmanship. No discernible hallmarks.
Hinged top reveals a hidden flask...
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Silver
Rococo Style Steinway Centennial Concert Grand Carved Rosewood
Located in Leeds, GB
Rococo style, 1874, Steinway & Sons Centennial concert grand piano with a rosewood case, filigree music desk and ornately carved, reverse scroll legs. Piano is rebuilt.
The piano cheek features a carved, Classical meander and acanthus in high relief. The two-pedal piano lyre features carved inverted fish, c-scrolls and a central cartouche. The music desk in an openwork arabesque design and a central lyre motif. A sinuous wave pattern double moulding surrounds the cabinet base.
At the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, there were several manufacturer's competitions, including a piano competition. The Steinway company sent two grand pianos displaying their latest developments, demonstrating the firm's innovative and markedly improved piano quality. Their determined pursuit of quality was rewarded at the world exhibition with a gold medal. Steinway won the competition against several established, well-known American piano makers, including Chickering and Sons and Weber. This Steinway concert grand...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Rosewood
King Edward VII Royal Bluthner Piano Exhibited in Paris Exhibition 1900
Located in Leeds, GB
An 1899, Bluthner grand piano with a rosewood case, decorated with Art Nouveau and Empire style elements. It was showcased at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Piano bought by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in the Coronation year of 1902 to be situated in the ballroom of Malborough House. It was sold in 1936 to Major Maconochie in Bath. This piano is in great original condition having only had two previous owners. A rare opportunity to acquire a royal piano.
The piano cheek side panel is inlaid with an Art Nouveau design featuring a stylised female head surrounded by whiplash lines and foliage. Musical instruments sit centrally in the design. Columnar, Empire style gilt mounts stand each side of the inlay. Napoleonic emblems of stars, palmettes and foliage feature here. Symmetrical female heads with flowing tresses and floral...
Category
Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Ormolu, Metal
Speaker 4040 by Elipson, 1970s, Set of 2
By Elipson
Located in bruxelles, BE
White plaster and wood speaker, very good sound. Wear due to time and age of speakers.
For shipping, request us for receive the best price.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Pleyel Grand Piano Hand-Painted Berainesque Style Cabriole Leg Signed G. Meunier
Located in Leeds, GB
This 1893, Pleyel grand piano sits on ornately carved french walnut frame, carved with foliage and flowers. The piano has six carved, cabriole legs ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Walnut, Paint
Set of two Copper and brass coaching horns
Located in Cheshire, GB
Set of two Copper coaching horns having brass banding and well-cast mouthpieces.
Dimensions
Height 5 Inches
Width 50 Inches
Depth 5 Inches
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Copper
Rebuilt Antique Steinway Model A Grand Piano Gloss Black Fluted Barrel Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
Rebuilt, 1895, Steinway Model A grand piano for sale with a black case.
The music desk is in an openwork, arabesque design of stylised foliage with ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Antique Swiss 8-Tune Cylinder Music Box C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Swiss 8 Tune Cylinder Music Box Unsigned C1890
4 3/4" x 14 1/4" x 7 1/8".
This antique Swiss music box from circa 1890 features a beautifully crafted wooden case with a subt...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Polyphon Autochange Disk Music Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
As exceptionally scarce as it is fascinating, this autochange disk player by the Polyphon Musikwerke in Leipzig, Germany can change between six disks and play with the incredibly rare addition of bells that accompany the music. Before a coin is dropped into the slot, slide the brass indicator until it points to the desired music selection, insert a penny, and the chosen song will play automatically. An extremely limited number of these automatic disk changers were ever created, and even fewer have survived in such outstanding condition.
Standing over seven feet tall, this particular model boasts a magnificent walnut case with handsome burl panels on its original, matching storage cabinet. A true technical marvel for its day, Polyphon’s automatic disk changer symbolizes pure ingenuity and superlative craftsmanship. This antique player...
Category
Late 19th Century German Other Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Piano Sponnagel Circa 1900 With Its Seat
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Sponnagel piano circa 1900 with its seat
Very beautiful work of sculpture and beautiful work of wooden marquetry
Very beautiful patina and in very good condition
The piano is in wo...
Category
Late 19th Century Polish Aesthetic Movement Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Imperial Company Disc Playing Music Box, American 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Imperial Company music box with one disc, the disc is titled The Geisha. Refinished mahogany case. The player is in working condition with good tone.
Late 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
System walking stick with the function of a musical instrument. France 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
System walking: stick with the function of a musical instrument, the flute. Bamboo wood cane. Wooden and mother-of-pearl knob carved and engraved with E M ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass, Iron
Chinese Chippendale Style Schiedmayer Piano Oriental Scenes Embossed Japanning
Located in Leeds, GB
Chinese Chippendale style, 1899, Schiedmayer grand piano with a flame mahogany case and Malborough legs with applied fret carvings. Cabinet features oriental scenes in embossed Japan...
Category
Late 19th Century German Chinese Chippendale Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Radio Guzzini Gildo Giancarlo Rova 1980's
Located in Taranto, IT
We present a radio from the 1980s, Guzzini Brothers designed by Giancarlo Rova ,
funzionante.
Height including antenna 30 cm
Width 14 cm
DEPTH 10 cm
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Plastic
Renaissance Style, Gebruder Knake Upright Piano Carved Oak High Relief
Located in Leeds, GB
Renaissance style, Gebruder Knake upright piano with an ornately carved, oak case. Entire cabinet carved with arabesque style, flowers and foliage in hi...
Category
Late 19th Century German Renaissance Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Panasonic Transistor Radio R70
By Panasonic
Located in Pasadena, CA
Discover the nostalgic charm and reliable performance of the Panasonic Transistor Radio R70. Designed with retro appeal and modern reliability, this portable radio delivers crisp, cl...
Category
1970s Japanese Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Plastic
Marquetry Wooden Music Box by Nicole Frères
Located in London, GB
Marquetry wooden music box by Nicole Frères
Swiss, Late 19th Century
Height 14cm, width 64cm, depth 19cm
This elegant wooden music box is a fine example of 19th-century craftsmanshi...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
Victorian Brass Courtesy Counter Top Bell, Beehive Brass Bell
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Victorian brass courtesy counter top bell, beehive brass bell
Made in the style of a beehive solid brass, good and ready to use with a high pitched di...
Category
Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Francke Upright Piano Rococo Style Carved Mahogany High Relief Scroll Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
Francke upright piano with a mahogany case. Entire cabinet features Rococo style, ornate carvings in high relief.
The carved, front panel features a central lyre surrounded by flowers, foliage and acanthus. The piano fall has carved latticework and a central plaque carved with flowers and acanthus. Sitting on top of the cabinet is asymmetrical arcading ornately carved with rocailles, flowers, foliage and acanthus. The brass piano pedals feature acanthus scrolls. The intricately, carved piano...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
Sankyo Glazed Ceramic Hobo Figurine Music Box "How Dry I Am" , Winding
Located in Miami, FL
Sankyo Glazed Ceramic Hobo Figurine Music Box "How Dry I Am" , Winding
Offered for sale is a 1970s Sankyo Japanese glazed ceramic hobo figure winding music box which plays the song...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
A fine rare 19th c Steinway grand piano ebonized and Chinoiserie painted scenes
Located in Dallas, TX
A spectacular 19th century Black Chinoiserie lacquered Presentation Steinway & Sons Grand Piano . Model #37278 ,having fall key cover reading Steinway & Sons patent Grand New York &...
Category
Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Ebony
Rolling Stones 1997/98 World Tour Concert Letterman's / Bomber Jacket - Rare
Located in San Diego, CA
Hard to find Rolling Stones 1997, 98 World Tour concert letterman's / bomber jacket, circa 1997. Truly a great piece of rock & roll history from arguably the greatest rock band of ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Musical Instruments
Materials
Leather, Wool
Mermod Freres Oak Music Box on Stand
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mermod Frères Oak Cylinder Music Box on Stand, Sainte-Croix, Switzerland. circa 1895. Each side exquisitely decorated with foliate and scrolling carvings, with a Jacot's Patent Safet...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Oak
Antique 6 Bell Fortissimo Music Box by J Manger & Co, c. 1885
Located in London, GB
An excellent-sounding Fortissimo 6 bell antique music box made by J. Manger & Co. of Geneva, Switzerland in c. 1885.
The fully serviced musical movemen...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass, Steel
Cubo' TS 502 Radio by Richard Sapper & Marco Zanuso
Located in Toronto, CA
A remake of a cult object of Italian design: the legendary radio cubo ts502 designed by Richard Sapper and Marco Zanuso. The same materials of the past. The ZAMAK metal alloy, the 6 ...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
A very fine 19th century Grand Piano by Joseph Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in Dallas, TX
A magnificent French 19th century Louis XV designed marquetry kingwood Grand Piano . Signed in the bronze by Joseph Zwiener. The finest gilt bronze mounts. 6 legs . The piano works b...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Signed Music Stand Walnut by George Nakashima for George Nakashima Studio, 1990
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A natural edge, studio-made music stand in vividly grained walnut with three rosewood butterfly splines on a trestle base. A dowel pin allows extension in height from 44" to 58".
Category
1990s American Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
1970s Modern Pottery Art Blue Tambourine Goatskin and Wood
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Modern Artistic blue tambourine in Goatskin. Pottery and wood.
Art 13.88 Diameter x 1.38 D.
Unrestored vintage preowned condition.
See images provided.
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Materials
Goatskin, Pottery, Wood
Lamp Table Guitar Electric Ion Sunburst Rock&Roll Vintage
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Vintage, rock and roll enthusiasts lamp or guitar that can be strummed or played.
Upcycled from a vintage, guitar for the discerning rock enthusiast. Oozing attitude and style, thi...
Category
1970s Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
2oth Century Italian Solid Silver Violinist statue with wooden violin
Located in VALENZA, IT
Violinist statue in solid 800 silver and with wooden violin and wooden base.
The state was made with the casting method and subsequently finished with a chisel. The details of the statue are very realistic and highlight the concentration of the musician in performing the sonata.
The violin is made of wood with solid silver...
Category
1990s Italian Other Musical Instruments
Materials
Silver
19th Century French Signed Cow Bell with Original Leather Collar & Bronze Buckle
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring the French countryside into your home with this beautiful, patinated metal antique bell from the Alps mountains of France. Crafted, circa 1880, the rustic bell is signed MLD Ch...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Gothic revival dinner gong
Located in Cheshire, GB
Gothic revival dinner gong, in the style of Bruce Talbert. With an oak frame, brass gong, together with beater.
Dimensions
Height 41.5 Inches
Width 24.5 Inches
Depth 18.5 Inches
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Oak
20th Century Italian Solid Silver and Briar Double Bass Player
Located in VALENZA, IT
Double bass player in 800 solid silver. The double bass is in briar with silver details.
The double bass bow is in silver.
The player and the double bass ...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Silver
Antique Victorian Hardwood Piano Stool with Decorative Base Height Adjustable
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning hand carved Victorian circa 1880 Piano stool with height adjustable top
A very good looking and well-made piano stool, its quite w...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
English Victorian Brass Regimental Drums
Located in Queens, NY
2 English Victorian brass and blue painted Regimental drums (PRICED EACH)
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Arts and Crafts, Bechstein Upright Piano Rosewood Brass Hinges by Walter Cave
By Walter Cave
Located in Leeds, GB
An 1897, Arts and Crafts Bechstein upright piano with a polished, rosewood case, fretwork panels and ornate brass hinges in a stylised floral design. Unique design by Walter Cave, executed by C. Bechstein and exhibited by Maple & Co.
C. Bechstein is inscribed on a square, brass plaque on the piano fall.
The front panel features cupboard doors, which open so as to allow the music desk to fall into place. These doors occupy half the width of the front, so that they fold back out of the way of the player. The candle sconces are concealed behind the doors and brought into use when required.
The music desk is in an openwork folkloric inspired design of stylised birds, foliage and flowers.
The brass candle holders also feature cut-out stylised bird motifs.
The front panel is flanked by two circular fretwork panels backed in fabric that act as a sound box...
Category
Late 19th Century German Arts and Crafts Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Rebuilt Steinway Model O Grand Piano Gloss Black Spade Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
Rebuilt, 1975, Steinway Model O grand piano for sale with a black case and spade legs. Piano has an eighty-eight note keyboard and a two-pedal lyre.
P...
Category
Late 20th Century German Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Wall Gong
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian brass faux bamboo wall gong with diamond shaped fluted mahogany frame.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Antique English Brass Dinner Bell with Ebonized Handle.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Brass Dinner Bell with Ebonized Handle.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Art Nouveau cast Iron dinner gong
Located in Cheshire, GB
Art Nouveau cast Iron dinner gong the decorative Fram with flower heads and scrolling decoration. Supporting the original brass gong, together with beater.
Dimensions
Height 33.5 Inches
Width 26.5 Inches
Depth 12 Inches
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Iron
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.