Some of the musical instruments are guitars, microphones, headphones, keywords, violins, and saxophones. Vintage musical instruments with better sound quality are sold at higher costs and vice versa.

As a player of the harp and a lover of music, David would no doubt have marveled at the 50 or so instruments here that make up "Music at the Grand-Ducal Court" (through Nov. 11).

CINCINNATI -- The recent rediscovery of a collection of more than 800 antique musical instruments, stored beneath the Cincinnati Art Museum and largely forgotten for decades, has caught the ...

Vintage musical instruments are in high demand, particularly those associated with famous musicians. A 1954 (left) and 1960 Fender Stratocaster (Photos courtesy of the collector) ...

Inside a 16,000-square-foot, red-brick and sheet-metal building lies a treasure trove of antique automated musical instruments and machines once popular in parlors, drawing rooms, restaurants and ...

The musical results can be disappointing, Howe said. Paul Cohen, a saxophonist who teaches at New York University, said Howe's work could go a long way in helping experts understand what centuries ...

Frederick Selch, 72, an advertising executive and magazine publisher who collected hundreds of antique musical instruments, died Aug. 22 of cancer at his home in New York City.

Just like other alternative assets, vintage musical instruments can help diversify your portfolio in unstable times. But a 17th-century violin might need more care than an art work of the same period.

A Stradivarius violin. Or an antique guitar or mandolin, for that matter. A growing group of investors is viewing music—as in unusual and expensive instruments—as a wise place to put cash.