Musical Instruments
1980s Italian Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Silver
1980s Italian Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s Other Antique Musical Instruments
Oak
2010s Italian Other Musical Instruments
Sterling Silver
1990s Danish Other Musical Instruments
Aluminum, Other
1930s British Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Copper
1970s Japanese Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Plastic
2010s Italian Other Musical Instruments
Sterling Silver
Early 2000s Other Musical Instruments
Silver Plate, Brass
1950s Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Brass
1970s Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal, Aluminum
Early 20th Century German Louis XVI Musical Instruments
Brass, Gold Leaf
1990s Italian Other Musical Instruments
Silver
19th Century Swiss Other Antique Musical Instruments
Silver, Enamel
20th Century European Other Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 19th Century Czech Other Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 19th Century French Other Antique Musical Instruments
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
19th Century Swiss Other Antique Musical Instruments
Walnut
1910s French Louis XVI Vintage Musical Instruments
Ormolu
19th Century Swiss Other Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 19th Century German Other Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Ormolu
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Ormolu
19th Century Austrian Other Antique Musical Instruments
Satinwood
19th Century French Other Antique Musical Instruments
Paint
Early 20th Century Austrian Other Musical Instruments
Multi-gemstone
19th Century Swiss Other Antique Musical Instruments
Gold
19th Century American Other Antique Musical Instruments
Oak
Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
20th Century German Other Musical Instruments
Wood
1930s British Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Sterling Silver
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.