Musical Instruments
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Musical Instruments
Plastic, Paper
Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
1970s German Space Age Vintage Musical Instruments
Plastic, Bakelite
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 20th Century British Colonial Musical Instruments
Plastic
20th Century American Art Deco Musical Instruments
Walnut
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Musical Instruments
Copper
Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Musical Instruments
Ebony
Late 19th Century Unknown Other Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Musical Instruments
Mahogany
Late 19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass, Stainless Steel
1830s Antique Musical Instruments
Silver, Enamel
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Musical Instruments
Porcelain, Walnut, Giltwood
18th Century Thai Tibetan Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Stainless Steel
20th Century Spanish Islamic Musical Instruments
Silver
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
Early 20th Century British Musical Instruments
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Modern Musical Instruments
Brass, Chrome
19th Century Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Musical Instruments
Maple
1960s Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Ormolu, Brass
1810s English Regency Antique Musical Instruments
String, Wood, Ebony, Giltwood
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
19th Century Napoleon III Antique Musical Instruments
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Musical Instruments
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Brass, Chrome
1880s Swiss Biedermeier Antique Musical Instruments
Steel
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
1930s German Bohemian Vintage Musical Instruments
Fruitwood, Maple
Early 1800s English George III Antique Musical Instruments
Steel
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1940s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass, Steel
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Musical Instruments
Walnut
1970s Swiss Vintage Musical Instruments
Mahogany
20th Century Italian Musical Instruments
Malachite, Vermeil, Silver
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Musical Instruments
Brass
19th Century Swiss Other Antique Musical Instruments
Walnut
Late 19th Century German Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Ormolu
Early 2000s Other Musical Instruments
Silver Plate, Brass
20th Century American Machine Age Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 19th Century German Antique Musical Instruments
Walnut
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Iron
Early 20th Century American Native American Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 19th Century German Antique Musical Instruments
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Neoclassical Musical Instruments
Burl
Late 19th Century Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 20th Century Indonesian Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Musical Instruments
Rosewood
1960s Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Musical Instruments
Oak
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.