Please scroll down and have a look at our collection of stringed instruments. However, if you cannot find the instrument that you are looking for, check back soon, since we are constantly updating and expanding our inventory of vintage stringed instruments. Our dealers offer many high-quality vintage string instruments. It was treasured and prized by emperors, court officials, and scholars. The final instrument on my list of traditional Chinese string instruments is called the Guqin, which has been played for about three millennia.

Dating back to the Byzantine period in 330 AD, it’s one of the the main instruments in Cretan folk music which is still played today.

This renaissance instrument is most often used as a vocal accompaniment. Guqin is a Chinese ancient musical instrument, it has a history of several thousand years. The Cretan Lyra is a wooden stringed instrument played with a bow like a violin. If you are in the mood for a real musical adventure, then check out our selection of Lutes. The bouzouki is a core element of modern Greek music, and it produces a sharp metallic sound that is indicative of a mandolin, however, with a lower pitch.Īt, we have a large selection of vintage stringed instruments, including banjos, ukuleles, mandolins, bouzoukis, and many others. Phorminx (7 or 9 strings) ancient string instrument with vibrato. The instrument has a flat front body and is often heavily inlaid with mother of pearl. Lyre of Aphrodite (7 strings) ancient Greek lyre. The bouzouki is a stringed instrument also from the lute family, with a Greek origin. Mandolins, in their modern form, originated in Naples, Italy, in the late 18 th century. The mandolin has a unique soundboard, which, in many cases have a round or characteristic tear-drop shape. Its unique sound fascinates both musicians and non-musicans.Ī mandolin is a stringed instrument from the lute family that is either plucked or strummed. The ukelele’s petit size makes it the ideal musical companion for travelling. The ukulele, often called the “uke”, was first produced in Hawaii in the 19th century and is designed after the braguinha, a small travel guitar carried by Portuguese immigrants. Today the banjo is most notably associated with American Bluegrass and country music. Slaves, living in Appalachia, created a stringed instrument like those played by their ancestors. The modern day banjo is based on gourd-bodied instruments commonly played in Africa. The three most common techniques for playing vintage stringed instruments are plucking, bowing, and striking. Some of the most common instruments in the string family are the violin, cello, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, bouzouki, and the harp. He was trained as a bow maker in Mirecourt. Stringed instruments are musical instruments that produce sound from one or more vibrating strings. Pierre Guillaume is a bow maker and a leading authority for the evaluation of fine old bows for stringed instruments.

Old stringed instruments