Musical Instruments
1950s Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Brass
2010s Portuguese Musical Instruments
Wood, Lacquer
1920s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Crystal, Metal
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Musical Instruments
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Native American Musical Instruments
Wood
1950s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Resin
1820s British Other Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Musical Instruments
Hardwood
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
Late 19th Century Swiss Belle Époque Antique Musical Instruments
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Musical Instruments
Ceramic
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
1880s Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Musical Instruments
Brass
19th Century American Native American Antique Musical Instruments
Hide
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Copper
Late 20th Century Portuguese Modern Musical Instruments
Plastic
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Walnut, Paint
1950s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Bakelite
19th Century Swiss Other Antique Musical Instruments
Walnut
1850s Tibetan Tibetan Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
1960s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
1940s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Copper
2010s Chinese Musical Instruments
Brass
20th Century Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Musical Instruments
Metal
19th Century Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
20th Century Musical Instruments
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Wood
Mid-20th Century Thai Rustic Musical Instruments
Leather, Wood, Rope
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Musical Instruments
Wood
Early 20th Century British Musical Instruments
Walnut
Early 1900s Art Deco Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Early 19th Century German Gothic Revival Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Native American Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 19th Century English Antique Musical Instruments
Silver Plate, Bronze
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Musical Instruments
Mahogany
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1940s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Steel
2010s Austrian Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 19th Century German Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Brass
19th Century Indonesian Folk Art Antique Musical Instruments
Leather, Wood
2010s Austrian Musical Instruments
Brass
Early 20th Century Victorian Musical Instruments
Brass
19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
20th Century Gabonese Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 19th Century Swiss Belle Époque Antique Musical Instruments
Metal
1980s Italian Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Silver
Late 20th Century Spanish Musical Instruments
Brass
Mid-20th Century Congolese Organic Modern Musical Instruments
Iron
1820s German Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Musical Instruments
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Musical Instruments
Gold Leaf
1990s Italian Post-Modern Musical Instruments
Plastic
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Steel
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Iron
Early 1900s European Antique Musical Instruments
Porcelain, Fabric
Late 20th Century Unknown Musical Instruments
Stoneware
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.