A significant collection of rare, historic and fine examples of early brasses, woodwinds, strings and keyboards, mostly European and American but with some unusually fine ethnic instruments as well.

• BASSOON Lot, Martin 18th-century Bassoon by Martin Lot with Pezé wing joint Paris, c. 1770. Body length is 50.5 " (128.3 cm)…INS-12714 $12,000Details/Inquire
• BELL - RARE ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN BELL Luristan Bronze Bell 4.5"h. Excellent condition, intact with a nice blue-green patina with…INS-09770 $1,200Details/Inquire
• BELL - AFRICAN Length: 20.5" (51 cm). Inner diameter of bell at widest point: 3.5" (8.9 cm). Widest total width: 4.5" (11.4 cm)…INS-15099 $600Details/Inquire
• CLARINET Douglass, John D. 5-key boxwood clarinet Utica, New York, 1833-'40. 25.5" long including mouthpiece (64.8 cm). Hairline…INS-14061 $1,300Details/Inquire
• CLARINET Ashton, John 5-keyed clarinet in C Boston, 1820-'44. 23.75" long including mouthpiece (60.3 cm). Small hairline crack in…INS-14064 $1,300Details/Inquire
• CORNET Pepper, J.W. J. W. Pepper for Distin American, 1882. Total length: 13" (33cm). Very good condition except for a couple of…INS-14009 $500Details/Inquire
• DRUM - FABULOUS AMERICAN PRESENTATION DRUM Lyon & Healy Military side drum Chicago, 1887. Height: 12.25" (31.1 cm). Diameter…INS-14298 $5,000Details/Inquire
• DULCIMER In original decorative case Tyrolese, late 18th century. Measures 27 5/8" at widest point (70.2 cm). Other than the…INS-14165 $3,000Details/Inquire
• FIFE Metzler 1-key boxwood fife London, c. 1800. 10.50" long (26.7 cm). Excellent condition. INS-12572 $1,200Details/Inquire
• FLUTE - A PAPUA NEW GUINEA FLUTE OR WUSEAR Papua New Guinea, probably first half of the 20th century. Total length 38.5" (97.8…INS-14195 $500Details/Inquire
• FLUTE - AMERICAN FLUTE IN FOLK ART CASE Firth Hall & Pond 4-key boxwood flute New York, 1830's. 23.7" long (60.3 cm). Case…INS-14030 $800Details/Inquire
• FLUTE - HAWAIIAN NOSE FLUTE Hawaii, with good age. 2.25" long (5.5 cm). Made from a gourd. In its apparently-original handmade…INS-14057 $350Details/Inquire
• FLUTE IN PAPER BOX 1-key boxwood flute Germany, second half of the 19th century. 20.75" (52.7 cm). Excellent condition. INS-12584 $450Details/Inquire
• GAMBA - RARE SCROLL BY TIELKE Tielke, Joachim Hamburg, late 17th or early 18th century. Total length: 26" (66 cm). Overall in…INS-12694 $15,000Details/Inquire
• GUITAR - 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH Gérard, Joseph France, c. 1840. Total length: 36"(91.4 cm). One small repaired crack in the upper…INS-14123 $7,500Details/Inquire
• HARP - MINIATURE IVORY Mostly likely French, late 18th or early 19th century. 11.75" h x 3" w (29.8 cm x 7.6 cm). Fine…ODA-14257 $2,250Details/Inquire
• HARP - MINIATURE TRIPLE HARP Most likely Welsh, first half of the 19th century. 14" h (35.6 cm). Case 19.25" h (48.9 cm) and…INS-14192Inquire for PriceDetails/Inquire
• HORN: POST-HORN WITH ORIGINAL CASE London, Late 19th century. 53.25" long including mouthpiece (135.3 cm). Minor dents in bell…INS-14090 $850Details/Inquire
• HURDY-GURDY brass-backed hurdy-gurdy France, late 18th or early 19th century. c. 22.5" in length (57.2 cm). Overall in very good…INS-14111 $5,000Details/Inquire
• POCHETTE 19th-century boat-shaped pochette European, mid-19th century. Total length: 23.5" (59.7cm). Overall condition is very…INS-14115 $1,500Details/Inquire
• QUINTON Harmond, Nicolas French, 18th century Probably 1760-'70. Body length: 14 1/8" (3 cm); upper bout: 6.25" (15. cm); middle…INS-12695 $12,000Details/Inquire
• RATTLES- INDIAN ANKLE-RATTLES (NAPURA) 6" and 7" in length. Minor erosions in a few places on the larger one, otherwise…INS-08292 $450Details/Inquire
• REED ORGAN Metzler An English Bible Organ London, late 19th or early 20th century. 2' long (61 cm) x 1' wide (30.5 cm) x 6" high…INS-12691 $2,250Details/Inquire
• REED ORGAN - ROCKING MELODEON Bartlett, Daniel Concord, NH, 1844. Length: 21.75" h (55.2 cm). Width: 11.75"(29.8 cm). Depth: 5"…INS-14188 $1,600Details/Inquire
• REED ORGAN - AN ENGLISH HARMONIUM Green, John "Royal Seraphine organ" London, c. 1833. Height: 34" (86.4 cm). Width: 40.5" (102.9…INS-12692 $5,000Details/Inquire
• SERPENT 18th-century english serpent England, 1798. Height: 28.5" ( 72.4 cm). Greatest width: 17" (43.2 cm). In unusually good…INS-12697 $10,000Details/Inquire
• TRUMPET - BLUE GLASS English, 19th century. 19.75" long (50.2 cm). INS-14292 $450Details/Inquire
• TRUMPET - CLEAR GLASS 19th-cenutury glass trumpet England. 56" long (142.2 cm). Dimension of bell is 4.5" (11.4 cm). INS-12702 $1,500Details/Inquire
• TRUMPETS USED IN FILM "LOST HORIZON" Tibetan curved temple trumpets Tibet, with good age. c. 33" long (83.8 cm) with a bell…INS-09764 $3,500Details/Inquire
• WHISTLE - BIRD WHISTLE French, second half of the 19th century. 5" in length (12.6 cm). Fine except for missing very bottom of…INS-12528 $200Details/Inquire
• ZITHER - TANZANIAN Length: 62 cm (24"). Widest width: 3.25". INS-15102 $450Details/Inquire