Giltwood Musical Instruments

The sculptured case is in exceptional condition with Beautiful gilding. It has seven pedals and the inscription On the case indicates it was made by a Chicago firm by The name of Ly...

Erard 6’ Art case grand piano with bench dating to 1920, Paris. In 1920, this particular instrument was custom ordered by Marthe Yerles and delivered...

Decorate a music room, den or office with this elegant and colorful antique wall mounted lyre. Crafted in Italy circa 1780, the large Classical Roman musical instrument featured two ...

This incredible work of art blends the beauty of a painting with the mechanical complexities of both a cylinder music box and an automaton. A clock is integrated within the arched giltwood and gesso frame, and, when activated, this painting quite literally comes alive. As the cylinder mechanism within plays its lovely tune, every character in the farrier's shop becomes animated – from the group of farrier's toiling away at the forge and anvil forming the horseshoes, to the wagging of the charming terrier's tale. This musical automaton picture clock is attributed to Xavier Tharin of Paris who was the preeminent creator of these fantastical "moving pictures", especially this particular scene. His process mixed oil painting and hand-colored lithograph images that were layered starting from the back and into the middle and foreground to craft the complex series of movements throughout the painting. A look inside this particular work reveals the complex mechanism (with the three gongs, pendulum and cylinder components immediately visible) which run the timepiece, the cylinder musical component, plus the multitude of moving elements in the painting -- a truly incredible feat considering the technical prowess to create just one of these devices. Musical picture clocks...

This impressive harp by the French maker Érard is stylistically ‘Grecian’, its decorative motifs being drawn largely from Greco-Roman precedents. The Classical influences can be seen in its gilt fluted column, the moulded palmettes present throughout, and the spare and refined gold-and-white colour scheme. The harp is inscribed on the top frame “Sebastian Erard...

Lyon and Healy Concert Grand Harp Premium style 23 gold. Number 3011. The very top of the line and considered by most to be the most widely recognized h...

Presenting a gorgeous Mid-19th century harp by Thomas Dodd & Sons of 3 Berners Street, London from circa 1840-1850. Stunning neoclassical gilt mounts and inlay to head and base. Made of satinwood with gilt stringing. Solid brass to the stringing plate. Fully marked an engraved for the maker on the brass plate : “T. Dodd & Sons, Patent Harp, 3 Berners Street, London, No. 530.” Also marked on the front as “ Sold by J. George Morley...

English gilt carved wood and black lacquered harp with signed brass mounts, gilded floral swags, ram's head, and lyre carved motif. Sound board is stenciled with flanking figures terminating on a gilded hippo campus base with claw feet and the original eight brass pedals. Signed by maker with date, Sebastian Erards...

Early 19th Century English Giltwood and Satinwood Harp. Length given below is for widest point.