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Musical Instruments For Sale
Broadwood 'Manxman' Oak Piano Arts and Crafts Designed by M. H. Baillie Scott
Located in Leeds, GB
Arts and Crafts, 1904, 'Manxman' Broadwood piano with an oak case. Cabinet resembles a chest on a stand and is reminiscent of an old strong box from th...
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Victorian Brass Courtesy Counter Top Bell, Reception Desk Bell
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Victorian brass courtesy counter top bell, reception desk bell
Made in solid brass, in good ready to use with a demanding ding, the bell is 4” in diameter...
Category
Late 19th Century Industrial Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Teak Ozi Goblet Shaped Drum with Black and Red Lacquer
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Burmese tribal Ozi goblet shaped teak drum from the late 19th century, with red and black lacquer and calf skin top. Created in Burma during the later years of the 19th century, this tribal drum...
Category
Late 19th Century Burmese Tribal Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
Asprey, Pair of Antique Silver Plate Music Stands, Made Circa 1910
Located in London, London
Made in London circa 1910 by Asprey & Co. Ltd., this stylish pair of Antique Silver Plate Music Stands, are plain in design. Each music stand measures 13.5"(34 cm) tall, by 13.5"(34 ...
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Silver Plate
Fine Antique William IV circa 1830 Hardwood Piano Stool with Decorative Base
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning hand carved William IV circa 1830 Hardwood Piano stool
A very good looking and well-made piano stool, its exactly what collectors ar...
Category
1830s English William IV Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
Museum Lyre Grand Piano by J.C Schleip Berlin from 1825, Empire
Located in Berlin, DE
Lyre piano attributed to Johann Christian Schleip, Berlin, around 1825, case veneered with mahogany, upper part in the form of a large lyre with 7 wooden sides (lyre), cover and chee...
Category
1820s German Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Studio Consolette Type RCA 76-B4, Alabama, circa 1950
Located in Greding, DE
Famous Consolette Type RCA 76-B4, without power supply in untested, unrestored condition. On this type console recorded among others stars like Elivs Presley.
Category
1950s American Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
Lamp Table Guitar Electric Ion Sunburst Rock&Roll Vintage
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Vintage, rock and roll enthusiasts lamp or guitar that can be strummed or played.
Upcycled from a vintage, guitar for the discerning rock enthusiast. Oozing attitude and style, thi...
Category
1970s Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
German Late Renaissance Pfaffe Piano Carved Mock Roll Top Fall Barley Twist Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
German late Renaissance style, 1896, Julius Pfaffe upright piano for sale with a walnut case and burr walnut panels. Cabinet features a front openwork panel of turned spindles that acts as a sound box...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Antique English Victorian Brass Desk Bell, Circa 1880's.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Victorian Brass Desk Bell, Circa 1880's.
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Cruise Liner Dining Chimes from Cunard RMS Aquitania
Located in Miami, FL
Very interesting lot. From the Aquitania cruise liner. In very good original condition. Aquitania was the third in Cunard Line's grand trio of express liners, preceded by RMS...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Brass and oak table gong
Located in Cheshire, GB
Brass and oak table gong supported by a scroll mount and flanked by Corinthian columns on an oak base and scroll feet.
Dimensions
Height 29.5 Inches
Width 25.5 Inches
Depth 10 Inches
Category
Early 20th Century British Musical Instruments
Materials
Oak
Large Painted Folk Art Drum This Is a Very Bright and Colourful Piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large Painted Folk Art Drum
This is a very bright and colorful piece, the Drum is made in wood with colorful pictures on the outside, it has ...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Musical Instruments
Materials
Pine
Unusual Continental Bisque Porcelain Automaton Figure
Located in London, GB
Unusual bisque porcelain automaton figure
Continental, circa 1900
Measures: Height 57cm, width 21cm, depth 21cm
This unusual doll takes the form ...
Category
Early 1900s European Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Porcelain, Fabric
Antique English Brass Dinner Bell with Ebonized Handle.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Brass Dinner Bell with Ebonized Handle.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Guitar Infiny Wall Decoration Mirror with Led Lights
Located in Paris, FR
Wall decoration mirror guitar Infiny made with
mirrored led lights with glass and plexiglass creating
an infiny mirrored effect. With original and except...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Musical Instruments
Materials
Glass, Plexiglass
Custom Mirrored 11-piece Pearl Drums built for "The Deuce" HBO, , James Fraanco
By Pearlman Co.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Custom Pearl Drums,, made and designed for the H B O series " The Deuce" staring James Franco,Can be seen in night club scene,,, Hand applied square mirrors similar to classic 1960s mirrored disco...
Category
2010s American Space Age Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
Rare RCA Victor Childs Folding Chair, Nipper Dog and Horn
By RCA Victor
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare RCA Victor Childs folding chair, nipper dog and horn. I’ve only seen one other in 40 years, Classic 1930s childs size folding chair with original RCA V...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Arts and Crafts Ibach Grand Piano Mahogany Designed by Dutch Architect Cuypers
Located in Leeds, GB
A 1916, German Arts and Crafts, Ibach grand piano with a mahogany case and carved panel detail. The mahogany cabinet is polished so as to emphas...
Category
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Mounted Bronze Ships Bell from Mv Erimus 1922, Thornaby on Tees
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Mounted bronze ships bell from MV Erimus 1922, Thornaby on Tees.
Bronze Ships Bell with purpose made Mounting Bracket from MV ERIMUS which was lau...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Musical Instruments
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Rustic African Xylophone with Wood, Gourds, Rope and Mallets
Located in Miami, FL
20th century Rustic African Xylophone with Wood, Gourds, Rope, and Mallets
Offered for sale is a 20th century rustic African xylophone with wood, ...
Category
20th Century Musical Instruments
Materials
Rope, Wood
American modern headboard and case by Randall with zebra animalier fabric, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
American modern headboard and case by Randall with zebra animalier fabric, 1980s
Headboard and case covered with zebra fabric. The case rests on four black plastic wheels and has two...
Category
1980s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
Søren Jensen Maple Grand Piano Caryatid Legs Hand-Painted by Gudmund Hentze
Located in Leeds, GB
A 1918, Søren Jensen model D butterfly grand piano with a polished, maple case. The gilt music desk is in an openwork, scrolling design featuring flowers, shells amd swags. Piano sits on three square, tapered legs with bronze female nude, caryatids adorning the top. The piano lyre features gilted, carved detail of foliage and berries. The pedals are in a spiral design. Carved, gilt, filgree panels featuring shells, foliage and scrolls adorn the piano cheeks.
Cabinet features hand-painted ovals by Danish artist Gudmund Hentze.
Oval 1 - A fair haired maiden, vested in blue with a golden belt holds a dagger aloft.
Oval 2 - A man flees a crowd of gnomes with a barrow filled with gold, urged on by a seated woman.
Oval 3 - A nurse snoozes next to a cot as a baby is stolen
Oval 4 - A seated maiden offers a scarlet clad man a golden cup...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
Gothic revival dinner gong
Located in Cheshire, GB
Gothic revival dinner gong, in the style of Bruce Talbert. With an oak frame, brass gong, together with beater.
Dimensions
Height 41.5 Inches
Width 24.5 Inches
Depth 18.5 Inches
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Oak
19th Century French Signed Cow Bell with Original Leather Collar & Bronze Buckle
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring the French countryside into your home with this beautiful, patinated metal antique bell from the Alps mountains of France. Crafted, circa 1880, the rustic bell is signed MLD Ch...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Large Framed Dinner Gong in Mahogany
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Large Framed Dinner Gong in Mahogany
This impressive bronze gong hangs from a well-crafted turned stand.
The original hand-crafted gong offers a substantial sound, when struck wi...
Category
Early 20th Century French Musical Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Lamp Table Mandolin Francesco Perretti & Figli, Napoli Early-20 Century
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Early-20th century, Francesco Perretti & Figli, mandolin upcycled into a table lamp, 29” high
A fun piece of signature and conversation mood lighting which can also be played
Injec...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Spruce
Swiss Station Cylinder Music Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tiny dancers twirl to the melodious tunes produced by this Swiss station cylinder music box. The cylinder is joined by a drum and bells that give richness and depth to the wonderful music the box creates. Music boxes were at the height of fashion in the late 19th century and served as a status symbol for the European gentry. Switzerland was the birthplace of cylinder music boxes and home to the great majority of the most renowned manufacturers. This example, in its finely crafted English walnut case, boasts two combs, allowing the box to play in harmony for a richer, more complex song.
This particular style, commonly referred to as a “station” or “showcase” box, was used to entertain guests in hotel lobbies, train stations and other similar public places, and as such would have been coin-operated. This example, however, does not accept coins. This, combined with its overall quality, complexity and beauty, indicates it was made for a private household of significant means. Today, these ingenious musical masterpieces are highly sought-after by collectors of musical automata...
Category
19th Century Swiss Other Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Vintage Thai Wood, Leather and Rope Klong Khaek Processional Double Headed Drum
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Thai wood, leather and rope Klong Khaek processional drum from the mid 20th century, with ties and weathered patina. Created in Thailand during the midcentury period, this ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Rustic Musical Instruments
Materials
Leather, Wood, Rope
Georgian Rare Steel Cased Tuning Fork
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual and rare Georgian antique steel cased tuning fork dating from around 1800. A wonderful piece of musical interest and history the tuning fork...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Steel
20th Century Italian Solid Silver and Briar Double Bass Player
Located in VALENZA, IT
Double bass player in 800 solid silver. The double bass is in briar with silver details.
The double bass bow is in silver.
The player and the double bass ...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Silver
Chinese Qing Dynasty Period 19th Century Leather Drum with Its Wooden Mallet
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing dynasty period leather drum from the 19th century, with turned wood red mallet. This Chinese Qing dynasty period leather drum from the 19th century is a captivating piece that brings together historical craftsmanship and aesthetic appeal. The drum, with its circular form, is covered in leather that showcases the patina of age, a testament to its enduring presence over the centuries. The drum is complemented by a turned wooden mallet...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Leather, Wood
Early 20th Century French Wooden Xylophone
Located in High Point, NC
Discover the enchanting notes of the past with this Early 20th Century French Wooden Xylophone, a musical treasure wrapped in the charm of yesteryears. Encased in a distinguished bla...
Category
20th Century French Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Old Tibetan Bronze Bell or Cymbal
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique Bronze bell or Cymbal, hand hammered - Tibet - half XIX century - can be hung from the ceiling, hanging and hitting it.
CYMBAL is a percussion instrument. Now it is used in m...
Category
1850s Tibetan Tibetan Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Arts and Crafts, Bechstein Upright Piano Rosewood Brass Hinges by Walter Cave
By Walter Cave
Located in Leeds, GB
An 1897, Arts and Crafts Bechstein upright piano with a polished, rosewood case, fretwork panels and ornate brass hinges in a stylised floral design. Unique design by Walter Cave, executed by C. Bechstein and exhibited by Maple & Co.
C. Bechstein is inscribed on a square, brass plaque on the piano fall.
The front panel features cupboard doors, which open so as to allow the music desk to fall into place. These doors occupy half the width of the front, so that they fold back out of the way of the player. The candle sconces are concealed behind the doors and brought into use when required.
The music desk is in an openwork folkloric inspired design of stylised birds, foliage and flowers.
The brass candle holders also feature cut-out stylised bird motifs.
The front panel is flanked by two circular fretwork panels backed in fabric that act as a sound box...
Category
Late 19th Century German Arts and Crafts Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Victorian Oak Cased Set of Five Gongs
Located in London, GB
A Victorian oak cased set of five gongs, with beater.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Black Forest Carved Jewelry Box, circa 1900
By Black Forest
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Footed oval Black Forest jewelry box with floral finials. Stunning piece.
Origin: Switzerland, circa 1900
Dimensions: 8" x 5" x 5".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals ...
Category
Early 1900s Swiss Black Forest Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Sculptural Antique Folk Freestanding Wooden Drum with Leather Drumhead
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique wooden drum with leather drumhead. Sculptural and freestanding, this antique Indonesian wooden drum is a striking piece that effortlessly combines form and function. Toppe...
Category
19th Century Indonesian Folk Art Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Leather, Wood
Decorative Brahms Cello Sculpture Piece Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Decorative Brahms Violin, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home.
Brahms was designed to enhance luxurious interiors. A decorative violin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Musical Instruments
Materials
Gold Leaf
Miniature Music and Jewellery Box Asprey, London, Movement by Rouge, Switzerland
Located in Norwich, GB
Music and Jewellery Box, Asprey London.
Movement by Reuge, Switzerland.
Miniature jewellery and music box in the style of a grand piano in a mahogany and walnut veneered case inlaid with marquetry throughout featuring musical instruments, raised on three turned tapered legs. The front opening to reveal a traditional keyboard with brass button slider. The top opening to reveal a green baize lined jewellery compartment bearing a brass plaque signed ‘Asprey, London’. c.1970
A separate compartment opening within to reveal a Swiss musical movement...
Category
1970s Swiss Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Decorative Iron Courtesy Counter Top Bell, Reception Desk Bell
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Victorian Decorative Iron Courtesy Counter Top Bell, Reception Desk Bell
Made and cast in iron, in good condition and ready to use with a demanding ding, the bell is 6” in diameter ...
Category
19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Iron
English Victorian Brass Regimental Drums
Located in Queens, NY
2 English Victorian brass and blue painted Regimental drums (PRICED EACH)
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Serinette in the Form of a Miniature Commode by Richard, Paris, 1775
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very rare Louis XVI period serinette or bird organ in the form of a transitional style gilt bronze mounted and marquetry inlaid miniature commode in the manner of gilbert, by Robert Richard, Paris.
With a label for ' RICHARD - maitre facteur d’orgues et mécanicien / Rue de richelieu à la bibliothèque Du Roy / Paris 1775'.
This rare Serinette or Bird Organ has a wooden cylinder barrel mounted by twelve pins and linked to twelve sound pipes. A crank attached to the front panel controls the bellows that activates the mechanism.
The exceptional marquetry inlaid case is in the form of a gilt bronze mounted transitional style miniature commode. The top of the commode is inlaid with a landscape scene with buildings, opening to an interior with an allegory of Love Conquering All, represented by two doves perching on a bow and quiver. The front of the commode depicts two obelisks centred by a Fine musical trophy and each side is inlaid with panels depicting the Medici Vase. The back of the commode is decorated with floral marquetry.
A closely related Serinette dating from circa 1770, also in the form of a miniature commode, with the marquetry case stamped by the master marqueteur Leonard Boudin, is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
The term serinette is derived from serine, French for finch. The instrument worked like a small barrel organ with a barbed cylinder, wind box and lead pipes and produced a high, thin sound in imitation of birds. Other versions included a merline, which copied blackbirds and a turlutaine, which copied curlews. Used to teach caged birds to sing tunes, different barrels could be inserted to train different birds. It first appeared in France circa 1730 and became a popular drawing-room toy for fashionable women. An interesting painting commissioned in 1751 for Louis XV by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin and now in the collection of the Louvre, depicts a refined lady seated in her salon playing a bird organ to encourage her bird to sing.
Robert Richard
Robert Richard was a Parisian organ and harpsichord maker and the mécanicien du roi to Louis XV and Louis XVI and was based in the Bibliothèque du Roi in rue de Richelieu.
Initially working alongside the Cliquot family who acted as 'facteur d'orgue du Roi', he is recorded as building an organ for the church of Notre-Dame de Quebec, in Montreal in 1753 (destroyed in 1759) and as the inventor of a mechanical concert shown in an engraving by d'Eisen in 1769.
Canon Jean Marie De La Corne described Robert Richard as : ''Le plus habile ouvrier de paris, fameux mechanitien et Homme de probité''.
French, Dated 1775.
Literature:
Pierre Kjellberg, The French Furniture of the 17th century, The Editions of the Amateur, 2008
Count Francois de Salverte, Cabinetmakers of the 18th century, Editions of Art and History, 1934
Raymond Russell, Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Musical Instruments, Volume I - Keyboard Instruments,(London, 1968; p. 69.)
Elizabeth Miller...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Djembé Musical Instrument, Kaolack
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Djembé musical instrument, Kaloack. A powerful percussion instrument of African origin. The djembé emits loud sounds with which vigorous rhythms and dances are created. The most outs...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Beuloff Baby Grand Piano Cabriole Legs Hand-Painted Classical Motifs Gilt Accent
Located in Leeds, GB
Beuloff baby grand piano with a cream case. Entire cabinet hand-painted with Classical style motifs. It is signed on the cabinet by Jade 85 Wigmore Street.
The cabriole legs with a scalloped top, are hand-painted with flowers and foliage and gilt accents
The traditionally shaped two-pedal piano lyre features two S-curves bordered with gilt accents.
The music desk...
Category
Early 20th Century German Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Wall Gong
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian brass faux bamboo wall gong with diamond shaped fluted mahogany frame.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Osvaldo Borsani Handles Brass, 1950, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Handles Borsani.
Category
1950s Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Old Brass Hand Bell, Town Cryer’s or School Bell a Great Piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Old brass hand bell, town Cryer’s or School Bell.
A Great piece larger and heavier than most, the bell is made in solid brass and has a beautiful sy...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Flute Floor Lamp, Light Grey, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Flute Floor Lamp, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by GF Modern.
The Flute art deco floor lamp is a statement lighting piece that...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
Modernist Cello Case from USA
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A unique cello case with cubist angles in its design.
Category
1950s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood, Leather
Electro-Voice V-3 Velocity Ribbon Microphone in Box
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare in original box gorgeous vintage 1940 ELECTRO VOICE V3 STUDIO RIBBON MICROPHONE (low impedance/bi-directional) with XLR connecting cable and desk stand. This third-generation V3...
Category
1940s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Steel
Brionvega Radio Cube mod. TS502, Richard Sapper and Marco Zanuso
Located in Rivoli, IT
Brionvega TS502 Red Cube Radio with Knobs, designed by Richard Sapper and Marco Zanuso
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
Old Bronze Hand Bell, Town Cryer’s or School Bell
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Old Bronze Hand Bell, Town Cryer’s or School Bell
A Great piece, the bell is made in solid bronze and has a beautiful lignum vitae turned handle and ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Bronze
European Studio Ceramicist, Two Rattle Instruments in Glazed Stoneware
Located in Copenhagen, DK
European studio ceramicist. Two rattle instruments in glazed stoneware.
Hand-painted wavy decoration in orange-brown shades.
Late 20th century.
Largest measures: 14 x 8 cm.
In ...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Musical Instruments
Materials
Stoneware
1950s American Studio Craft Iron Triangle Dinner Bell
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Hand-forged dinner triangle, delicate swan head, in the manner of Early Russel Wright designed Iron Works, very reminiscent of the deer andirons.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Materials
Iron
Germany Grundig Table Radio, Hi Fi Sound.
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Grundig table radio, Hi Fi Sound. With a varnished wooden case, refined finish and elegant design. The top houses a golden grille that covers the speaker, while the bottom contains t...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
Art Nouveau cast Iron dinner gong
Located in Cheshire, GB
Art Nouveau cast Iron dinner gong the decorative Fram with flower heads and scrolling decoration. Supporting the original brass gong, together with beater.
Dimensions
Height 33.5 Inches
Width 26.5 Inches
Depth 12 Inches
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Iron
Large Chinese Carved Dinner Gong
Located in Cheshire, GB
Chinese intricately carved and pierced hardwood dinner gong, having circular brass gong with original beater.
Dimensions
Height 50 inches
Length 24.5 inches
width 13.5 inches.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Musical Instruments
Materials
Hardwood
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.
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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.