Musical Instruments
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Iron
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Musical Instruments
Hardwood
Late 19th Century German Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1990s Italian Post-Modern Musical Instruments
Plastic
1970s Swiss Vintage Musical Instruments
Mahogany
1970s Islamic Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
1870s American Native American Antique Musical Instruments
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Late 19th Century Industrial Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1880s English Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Upholstery, Hardwood
1880s English Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Milk Glass
1880s Antique Musical Instruments
Paper
Late 19th Century English Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 19th Century Burmese Tribal Antique Musical Instruments
Animal Skin, Wood
1970s British Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
1990s German Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Metal
1880s Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 20th Century Spanish Musical Instruments
Brass
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Metal, Metallic Thread
Late 19th Century English Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Wood
1890s Antique Musical Instruments
Bentwood
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 19th Century English Antique Musical Instruments
Silver Plate, Bronze
1890s Industrial Antique Musical Instruments
Beech
1980s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 19th Century Czech Other Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1970s French Vintage Musical Instruments
Plastic
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Musical Instruments
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.