Musical Instruments
Late 19th Century Unknown Folk Art Antique Musical Instruments
Wire
1990s Italian Other Musical Instruments
Silver
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Oak
Late 19th Century Japanese Arts and Crafts Antique Musical Instruments
Animal Skin, Wood
1950s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Resin
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Wood, Pottery, Goatskin
19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Ormolu, Brass
20th Century Musical Instruments
Iron
1980s Italian Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Sterling Silver
1930s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Resin
19th Century Unknown Antique Musical Instruments
2010s Danish Bauhaus Musical Instruments
Aluminum, Chrome
Early 2000s Other Musical Instruments
Silver Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Musical Instruments
Carbon Fiber
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
1810s French Antique Musical Instruments
Gesso
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Musical Instruments
Leather, Wood
1940s American Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Copper
Late 19th Century German Chinese Chippendale Antique Musical Instruments
Wood, Mahogany
Early 20th Century British Musical Instruments
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Native American Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
Early 20th Century British Musical Instruments
Silver Plate
1950s Czech Adam Style Vintage Musical Instruments
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 19th Century Polish Aesthetic Movement Antique Musical Instruments
Wood
Late 19th Century French Antique Musical Instruments
Walnut, Paint
2010s American Modern Musical Instruments
Gold Leaf
19th Century British Arts and Crafts Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Aluminum, Steel
2010s American Space Age Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Brass, Steel
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Oak
1910s French Vintage Musical Instruments
Bronze
Early 20th Century German Rococo Revival Musical Instruments
Metal, Brass, Enamel, Steel, Gold Leaf
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Horn
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Neoclassical Musical Instruments
Burl
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Musical Instruments
Metal
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Bakelite
Early 20th Century German Adam Style Musical Instruments
Brass
1930s Italian Vintage Musical Instruments
Resin
1890s French Neoclassical Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
2010s Danish Bauhaus Musical Instruments
Chrome
1980s Italian Other Vintage Musical Instruments
Silver
19th Century Swiss Other Antique Musical Instruments
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Musical Instruments
Brass
1910s French Louis XVI Vintage Musical Instruments
Ormolu
19th Century Nepalese Rustic Antique Musical Instruments
Leather, Wood
19th Century American Other Antique Musical Instruments
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Space Age Musical Instruments
Metal
Late 19th Century Swiss Belle Époque Antique Musical Instruments
Metal
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Musical Instruments
Brass
Late 19th Century British Antique Musical Instruments
Oak
19th Century British Victorian Antique Musical Instruments
Bronze
Early 20th Century Thai Musical Instruments
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Musical Instruments
Brass, Stainless Steel
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Musical Instruments
Bronze
Early 20th Century Musical Instruments
Brass
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.





