Musical Instruments
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Marble, Metal
1920s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Paper
Early 20th Century German Rococo Musical Instruments
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Musical Instruments
Copper
1970s Swiss Vintage Musical Instruments
Mahogany
1950s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Bakelite
2010s Danish Bauhaus Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Oak
Mid-20th Century German Musical Instruments
Brass
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Musical Instruments
Bronze
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Musical Instruments
Aluminum
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Chrome
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Musical Instruments
Mahogany
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Fabric, Plastic, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Modern Musical Instruments
Aluminum
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Ceramic, Wood
1920s American Folk Art Vintage Musical Instruments
Copper, Steel, Iron
1880s Swiss Late Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass, Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Chrome
19th Century Napoleon III Antique Musical Instruments
Mahogany
2010s Italian Modern Musical Instruments
Ceramic
19th Century Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
Early 20th Century British Musical Instruments
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Oak
Late 19th Century Czech Other Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Chrome
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Walnut
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
19th Century Austrian Other Antique Musical Instruments
Satinwood
Early 1900s French Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Early 1800s English George III Antique Musical Instruments
Steel
2010s Danish Art Deco Musical Instruments
Brass
20th Century Burmese Musical Instruments
Glass, Giltwood
1940s Vintage Musical Instruments
Bakelite
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Musical Instruments
Felt, Oak
Mid-20th Century English Musical Instruments
Bronze
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Musical Instruments
Mahogany
1950s Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Brass
1940s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Resin
20th Century Swiss Musical Instruments
Brass
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze, Ormolu
2010s Danish Bauhaus Musical Instruments
Chrome, Aluminum, Brass
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Ormolu, Bronze
Late 20th Century British Colonial Musical Instruments
Plastic
1970s Japanese Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Harewood
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Musical Instruments
Abalone, Wood, Shell
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Iron
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Walnut
1930s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Resin
1880s Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
1960s Algerian Bessarabian Vintage Musical Instruments
Goatskin, Wood
1960s Bessarabian Vintage Musical Instruments
Goatskin, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Musical Instruments
Wood, Glass
1940s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Copper
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Musical Instruments
Bronze
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Musical Instruments
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Musical Instruments
Ceramic
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.





