1880s Musical Instruments

Gothic Carved Oak and Brass Hallway Dinner Gong This is a large piece the Brass Gong is suspended in an attractive and sturdy carved Oak stand, the Bras...

Victorian brass courtesy counter top bell, reception desk bell Made in solid brass and set on a beautiful turned walnut base, the bell is in good ready to...

"An exquisite Eastlake working period pump organ by W.W. Kimball, circa 1880s. A gorgeous case made from walnut with burlwood accents, carved embellishments...

Traditional Thai rain drum, made of bronze; it's decorated on the top with four small frogs; handles on sides, rings on the top. Made at the end of the ...

Metronome made in the late 19th century. It is an instrument used to measure the Tempo of music, the sound of the pendulum indicates the exact speed of execution. The instrument cons...

This is a superb antique Swiss music box with three bells in view and 15.4 cm cylinder, circa 1880 in date. The highly attractive case is recta...

A large gothic carved oak and brass dinner gong This is a large piece the large heavy brass gong is suspended in an attractive and sturdy carved ...

An Italian mandola in various decorative woods with bone handles. Has a carrying case.    

American mahogany and brass music stand with a floral lyre rack shelf, decorative telescopic tilting shaft, turned bulbous centered column, and resting on a tripod base with step bac...

Large antique bronze French ships bell with new wall mounting bracket.  19th century bronze ships bell comes with a steel blacksmith made wall bra...

This is a lovely antique Swiss eight airs cylinder six bells-in-view music box, circa 1880 in date and bearing the horn and dagger stamp of the renowned maker Paillard Vaucher Fils (PVF) of St Croix, Switzerland. The gonzalo alves case is boxwood strung, crossbanded in walnut with floral marquetry decoration on the lid. There are six bells with enamelled butterfly strikers and a beautiful tune indicator and the original music sheet is on the underside of the lid. The cylinder length is approx: 28 cm. The box plays the following eight tunes: 1. The leaving Audran 2. Ermine Jablonsky 3. The Excelsior Marenco 4. Mikado Sullivan 5. White Wings Winter 6. Don Caesar Strauss 7. Home Sweet Home Sinclair 8. Where blooms the wild rose Strauss Condition: In excellent working order the case having being cleaned and polished and the movement professionally serviced and cleaned. Dimensions in cm: Height 25 x Width 53 x Depth 32 Dimensions in inches: Height 9.8 x Width 20.9 x Depth 12.6 Music box (also musical box) is a 19th/20th century automatic musical instrument that produces sounds by the use of a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc so as to pluck the tuned teeth (or lamellae) of a steel comb. They were developed from musical snuff boxes...

A large 19th century giltwood wall decoration in the form of a neoclassical lyre, from a music hall, American, circa 1870-1880. The lyre is decorated with a...