Musical Instruments
Mid-20th Century Canadian Musical Instruments
Aluminum, Steel
Late 20th Century German Industrial Musical Instruments
Metal, Aluminum
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Musical Instruments
Wood, Giltwood
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Canadian Musical Instruments
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Musical Instruments
Copper
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Plastic
1980s Italian Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Silver
1940s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Aluminum, Brass
2010s Danish Bauhaus Musical Instruments
Chrome, Aluminum
1810s English Regency Antique Musical Instruments
Giltwood, Ebony, Wood, String
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
1890s French Neoclassical Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Musical Instruments
Copper, Iron
Late 20th Century Unknown Victorian Musical Instruments
Plastic, Wood
Late 19th Century German Antique Musical Instruments
Pewter
Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 20th Century German Industrial Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Glass, Plastic, Wood
2010s Danish Bauhaus Musical Instruments
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary American American Craftsman Musical Instruments
Copper
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Brass, Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Iron
1970s Vintage Musical Instruments
Plastic
1870s Swiss Neoclassical Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 20th Century German Musical Instruments
Brass, Iron
20th Century Tribal Musical Instruments
Hide, Zebra Hide, Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Teak
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Oak
1940s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Steel
Late 20th Century Folk Art Musical Instruments
Leather, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Teak
1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
1930s German Vintage Musical Instruments
Bronze
1960s Japanese Vintage Musical Instruments
Walnut
Late 20th Century Musical Instruments
Metal
1810s French Antique Musical Instruments
Gesso
Late 19th Century English Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Early 20th Century Musical Instruments
Wood
1950s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Walnut
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
19th Century Napoleon III Antique Musical Instruments
Mahogany
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Glass, Wood
Late 20th Century Swiss Musical Instruments
Bronze
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Metal
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Copper
Early 19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Early 18th Century Rustic Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Early 1900s French Antique Musical Instruments
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Musical Instruments
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Mid-20th Century Chinese Musical Instruments
Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century North American Musical Instruments
Chrome
Late 19th Century English Antique Musical Instruments
Silver Plate
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.