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