Antique Musical Instruments

Find antique musical instruments and vintage gear for your business
By J. Stoltzfus, writer/programmer, LOCAL CITIZEN It's the unique business that mixes a passion for music with an interest in antiquities and vintage items, but antique musical instruments are still useful in some kinds of enterprises. There are also some shops that sell these items online within the greater antique marketplace.

There are benefits and drawbacks to buying antique musical instruments for sale online. Business managers might look for antique instruments for businesses like these:

1. A "mom and pop" antique shop where items are bought from other shops and offered for sale locally.

2. A procurement agency that caters to the whims of very rich clients, acquiring items like antique musical instruments for homes or properties.

3. For a business involved in outfitting a museum or educational space.

Find antique piano musical instruments

As a traditional centerpiece of many homes and public spaces, the piano is something lots of antique instrument collectors look for, inspecting potential purchases for tuning, broken keys or other signs of wear. Online vendors will get you antique pianos for your business use and help arrange shipping to your location.
Try:  Find numerous models at the Vintage Piano Shop, a division of the Dyersburg Piano Company, where images and details are available on a stylish, easy to use website. Connect with individual piano owners at the OLDPIANOS.com to get "private deals" on vintage models.

Get antique violin musical instruments

Among the family of antique string musical instruments, the violin or fiddle is one of the most sought after items for antique buyers. From the hills of Ireland to the steppes of Russia, musicians through the ages used the violin to produce an amazing variety of folk music, and some of those same instruments are still in circulation.
Try:  Web surfers can see a collection of vintage violins at the Antique Violins page, a division of eBay where many of the deals of that giant retailer are presented for easy price comparisons. Find a diversity of authentic antique violins at Ye Olde Violin Shoppe online.

Look for other antique music instruments

Besides pianos and violins, buyers might be keeping their eyes out for other traditional instruments from eclectic antique instrument seller shops offering accordions or concertinas, guitars and other strings, woodwinds, bagpipes or other special offers.
Try:  At the One of a Kind Antique instrument page at Zekley Musical Instruments, browsers can find vintage models of woodwinds, strings and more in neat categories. If you're looking for concertinas or accordions, or any other kind of vintage instrument for that matter, COLLECTIBLE Detective.com will line up lists of links for getting those items into your hands.

• Always protect yourself as a buyer as much as possible. Try to make a detailed agreement about the condition of an item as well as other considerations like antique instrument prices before the transaction is made to avoid potential problems.