Musical Instruments
17th Century French Romantic Antique Musical Instruments
Walnut
Early 18th Century Rustic Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
17th Century Antique Musical Instruments
Paper
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Musical Instruments
Giltwood
17th Century Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
Mid-18th Century Antique Musical Instruments
Paper
18th Century Antique Musical Instruments
Paper
1750s Italian Baroque Antique Musical Instruments
Walnut
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 18th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
1660s Antique Musical Instruments
Paper
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Musical Instruments
Maple
Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Musical Instruments
Paper
1780s German Neoclassical Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
17th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Marble
1850s English Antique Musical Instruments
Paper
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Giltwood
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Musical Instruments
Marble
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Musical Instruments
Terracotta, Fabric, Wood
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Revival Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
1950s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Walnut
Late 18th Century Antique Musical Instruments
Other
17th Century Italian Gothic Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
1960s Japanese Vintage Musical Instruments
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Musical Instruments
Wood, Giltwood
1890s French Neoclassical Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1780s German Neoclassical Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
18th Century Indian Antique Musical Instruments
Organic Material, Wood
18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Musical Instruments
Brass, Iron
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Tribal Antique Musical Instruments
Terracotta
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Tribal Antique Musical Instruments
Earthenware
18th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Mahogany
1790s French Baroque Antique Musical Instruments
Lacquer, Beech
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Musical Instruments
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.