Musical Instruments
1940s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Steel
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Brass
1990s Italian Other Musical Instruments
Silver
Late 20th Century Japanese Musical Instruments
Metal
1930s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Resin
19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1880s English Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Upholstery, Hardwood
1920s Great Britain (UK) Anglo-Indian Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Musical Instruments
Brass
Early 20th Century German Modern Musical Instruments
Wood
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Musical Instruments
Leather, Wood
1880s Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 19th Century Industrial Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Early 1900s German Antique Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
Early 20th Century American Musical Instruments
Iron
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Metal
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Aluminum
Late 18th Century French Rococo Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Musical Instruments
Brass
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Macassar, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary French Musical Instruments
Glass, Plexiglass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 19th Century Burmese Tribal Antique Musical Instruments
Animal Skin, Wood
20th Century Swiss Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 19th Century Swiss Country Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
2010s Austrian Musical Instruments
Brass
Early 20th Century French Musical Instruments
Tulipwood
Late 19th Century English Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
19th Century Swiss Neoclassical Antique Musical Instruments
Rosewood
1820s British Other Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1890s Industrial Antique Musical Instruments
Beech
Early 20th Century British Musical Instruments
Oak
1940s Vintage Musical Instruments
Bakelite
Early 20th Century British Musical Instruments
Walnut
1960s Japanese Showa Vintage Musical Instruments
Wood
Early 1900s French Folk Art Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Iron
Early 1900s English Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Musical Instruments
Bronze
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Copper
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Musical Instruments
Bronze
Late 20th Century Spanish Musical Instruments
Brass
1870s American Native American Antique Musical Instruments
Hide
Late 19th Century German Arts and Crafts Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Musical Instruments
Gold Leaf
2010s Austrian Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Oak
1810s French Antique Musical Instruments
Gesso
1970s British Post-Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Acrylic
1920s Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Chrome
Early 20th Century British Musical Instruments
Silver Plate
20th Century Rustic Musical Instruments
Iron
20th Century German Rococo Revival Musical Instruments
Metal, Brass, Enamel, Steel, Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century British Musical Instruments
Walnut
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Musical Instruments
Chrome
Early 20th Century French Musical Instruments
Brass, Copper, Steel
Late 20th Century Unknown Musical Instruments
Stoneware
20th Century European Musical Instruments
Wood
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.