Musical Instruments
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Musical Instruments
Paper
2010s Italian Modern Musical Instruments
Ceramic
19th Century Napoleon III Antique Musical Instruments
Mahogany
Early 20th Century British Musical Instruments
Walnut
20th Century American Adirondack Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 19th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Musical Instruments
Silver
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Aluminum
Early 2000s French Musical Instruments
Paper
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Musical Instruments
Paint, Wood
20th Century Musical Instruments
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century German Minimalist Musical Instruments
Metal, Aluminum, Enamel
Early 20th Century British Musical Instruments
Oak
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Musical Instruments
Metal
1990s German Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Musical Instruments
Ceramic
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
20th Century American Adirondack Musical Instruments
Wood
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Musical Instruments
Chrome
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
19th Century Swiss Other Antique Musical Instruments
Gold
1950s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Resin
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Musical Instruments
Oak
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Musical Instruments
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Musical Instruments
Wood
1930s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Resin
1880s Swiss Biedermeier Antique Musical Instruments
Steel
Late 19th Century German Arts and Crafts Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 19th Century German Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Musical Instruments
Bronze
Late 19th Century Antique Musical Instruments
Oak
Early 20th Century German Musical Instruments
Ormolu
1970s Korean Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Iron
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Ormolu, Bronze
Early 20th Century British Musical Instruments
Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century German Musical Instruments
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Musical Instruments
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Musical Instruments
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Musical Instruments
Brass
20th Century Musical Instruments
Rope, Wood
Late 19th Century Burmese Tribal Antique Musical Instruments
Animal Skin, Wood
19th Century German Antique Musical Instruments
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Musical Instruments
Brass, Stainless Steel
20th Century Chinese Export Musical Instruments
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Musical Instruments
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Musical Instruments
Brass
1990s Italian Other Musical Instruments
Silver
Early 20th Century Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Walnut
1930s British Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Copper
2010s Italian Modern Musical Instruments
Ceramic
1940s Vintage Musical Instruments
Bakelite
2010s American Space Age Musical Instruments
Metal
1970s British Post-Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 19th Century German Renaissance Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Early 20th Century British Musical Instruments
Oak
19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
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.