Are old musical instruments worth anything?

Forgotten instruments may have value Many of them are student-grade and are of little value to musicians or collectors. Almost any good string instrument can fetch several hundred dollars, and better examples can bring well into the thousands. The best can bring into the hundreds of thousands and beyond.

Do musical instruments hold their value?

High-quality instruments generally hold their value well, providing some downside protection. And many have the potential for significant long-term appreciation.

What are the 4 instrument categories?

Each instrument has unique characteristics, such as the different ways they produce a sound, the materials used to create them, and their overall appearance. These characteristics ultimately divide instruments into four families: woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings.

What are the 6 instrument categories?

The great majority of musical instruments fall readily into one of six major categories: bowed strings, woodwind, brass, percussion, keyboard, and the guitar family, the first four of which form the basis of the modern symphony orchestra.

What is the most valuable musical instrument?

Ten Most Valuable Musical Instruments

• Guitar—C.F.
• Viola—Gasparo Bertolotti da Salò
• Violoncello—Gennaro Gagliano.
• Violin—Carlo Giuseppe Testore,
• Viola da Gamba—Pieter Rombouts.
• Violin—Giovanni Battista Ceruti.
• Classical guitar—Antonio de Torres.
• Classical guitar—Robert Bouchet. Price: $122,500.

Do instruments go up in value?

Generally, a hand made instrument will stay the same or go up in value about the same as the inflation rate.

Are guitars assets?

Guitars are a good investment if you understand the market for them. They can be more predictable than stocks, there is a great variety of valuable guitars that hold their value, and they are physical assets. As an added bonus, they are assets you can play or display.

What are the 7 instrument families?

Some commonly recognized families are:

• Strings family.
• Keyboard family.
• Woodwind family.
• Brass family.
• Percussion family.

What are the three instrument classification?

The most commonly used system divides instruments into string instruments (often divided into plucked and bowed), wind instruments (often divided into woodwind and brass), and percussion instruments with modern classifications adding electronic instruments as a distinct class of instrument; however, other schemes have …

What family has 3 categories of instruments?

The string family uses string vibration, the woodwind family uses reed and air vibration, the brass family uses lip vibration and the percussion family contains instruments that are struck or shaken to make vibration.

What is the most expensive musical instrument ever sold?

Stradivarius violin
The most expensive musical instrument sold at auction is the ‘Lady Blunt’ Stradivarius violin and was sold at £9,808,000 ($15,875,800) by Tarisio Auctions (USA) in London, UK, on 20 June 2011.