Musical Instruments
Early 1900s French Antique Musical Instruments
Satin
1830s Antique Musical Instruments
Silver, Enamel
Early 20th Century British Musical Instruments
Oak
20th Century Hollywood Regency Musical Instruments
Brass
Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Metal
19th Century Thai Antique Musical Instruments
Leather, Rope, Wood
1930s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Resin
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Musical Instruments
Maple
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Oak
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
Late 19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass, Steel
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 19th Century American Antique Musical Instruments
Mahogany
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Aluminum
Late 19th Century Swiss Belle Époque Antique Musical Instruments
Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Plaster, Wood
1950s French Vintage Musical Instruments
Fabric, Glass, Wood
Late 19th Century Polish Aesthetic Movement Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
2010s Danish Bauhaus Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Musical Instruments
Oak
2010s Danish Bauhaus Musical Instruments
Chrome
Early 1900s British Other Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
1870s Swiss Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass, Steel
19th Century Swiss Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
1960s Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 20th Century German Industrial Musical Instruments
Metal, Aluminum
Late 18th Century French Rococo Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
2010s German Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 20th Century Portuguese Modern Musical Instruments
Plastic
Late 19th Century Swiss Belle Époque Antique Musical Instruments
Metal
20th Century Swiss Musical Instruments
Brass
19th Century Thai Antique Musical Instruments
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Musical Instruments
Brass
Early 20th Century German Musical Instruments
Ormolu
19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
20th Century Spanish Modern Musical Instruments
Wood
1950s French Neoclassical Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal, Brass
1860s Swiss Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass, Enamel
Early 20th Century British Musical Instruments
Oak
20th Century European Other Musical Instruments
Brass
19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Chrome
Early 20th Century French Musical Instruments
Brass, Copper
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Ormolu, Bronze
Early 20th Century Thai Musical Instruments
Leather, Teak, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Musical Instruments
Wood
19th Century Nepalese Rustic Antique Musical Instruments
Leather, Wood
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Musical Instruments
Mahogany
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Brass, Iron
20th Century Hungarian Musical Instruments
Porcelain
2010s Danish Art Deco Musical Instruments
Brass
Mid-20th Century European Musical Instruments
Brass
Early 20th Century British Musical Instruments
Silver Plate
19th Century American Antique Musical Instruments
Metal
20th Century Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Walnut
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.