What's your oldest instrument?

[dr.slide]

1938 gibson lap steel....shweeeet....

 

[ghiadub]

1929 Gretch Tenor Banjo.

Next up would be a 1958 supro slide guitar

 

[Chef FourString]

1964 King Bb Trumpet. Beat to hell but still sounds amazing. Wish I had the original 5c mouthpiece that was stock with the horn.

 

[deshi00]

Squier acoustic guitar. Ive owned for close to 12 years. Its been beat to death, but still playable. I take it place like camping and the beach so I dont ruin anything nice. Current worth probably $-5.00

 

[gnjpowell]

Revolutionary war era wood & sterling silver fife, late 1800s E-flat cornet immaculately restored, 1970 EB-3 100% original.

 

[fishtx]

'73 Jazz Bass

 

[kevteop]

I've got a 1950s double bass and a 1950s Bb trombone, I don't know which is oldest.

 

[repoman]

I still play my Getzen trumpet from middle school. Dad bought it for me ,new, for around 75 bucks back in 1966.
....on the other hand.... my Fender Jaguar is about 7 months old.

 

[LyleRyan]

My Wheatstone Concertina dated 1886.

Three chromatic octaves of sweetness, recently rebuilt and in fine playing shape.

To me, it's just amazing that you can own an instrument from the 19th century and have fun making music with it.

...Lyle

 

[No Malarky]

A Hopewell Deer Bone Flute from the Middle Woodland Period - 2,200 to 1,800 years old. Works great!

 

[CnB77]

Yamaha recorder circa early 90s when I was in grade school

 

[Definitely]

A Hopewell Deer Bone Flute from the Middle Woodland Period - 2,200 to 1,800 years old. Works great!

win.

 

[Muddslide]

I have a 1933 tenor banjo made by Gibson and also a 1946 Gibson ukulele.

Or, at least I DID have these. Most of our belongings got destroyed recently in a storage unit 3000 miles away from us. I don't know what's left or what's undamaged. We are getting the stuff back (courtesy of Allied Van Lines, doing the cross-country move for us) this weekend, so we'll soon know what we have left. I know we lost 2/3rds to 3/4ths of our possessions though.

If those didn't make it, my oldest instrument currently in an early 70s MIJ P-clone.

 

[bassistjoe93]

A mandolin made in the early 20's. Unfortunately it doesn't have "The Gibson" or "Lloyd Loar" stamped anywhere on the body.... but still cool

 

[SLaPiNFuNK]

I don't know the exact year... But my double bass is early 1900's...

 

[baba]

Green like my jealousy?

Ha! It's a sweet one too. Well worn in all the right places and plays like a dream.

 

[The Mouse]

I've got a mandolin, made in Germany in the early 1920's.. Serious mando!

 

[Marial]

Schaeffer upright piano, late 1800s. I haven't looked inside of it in a while but it has big brass plate commemorating a Worlds Fair where the company was awarded an honorable mention of some sort. It's needs some work but still sounds nice. Unfortunately, the keys are not original ( *elitist warning* I grew up playing a Baldwin baby grand with real ivory and ebony keys and plastic keys just aren't the same ).

 

[ThingsAbove]

I inherited my oldest instrument from my great aunt.

It's a 1929 Bradley Kincaid "Hound Dog" Guitar. I had to have some repairs done to it about 8 years ago but other than that it's still a player. I take it to folk music gatherings. It has a very sweet voice.

 

[KsToaDangr]

1957 Gibson Melody Maker guitar. bought for my dad when he was a teenager, stored in my grandmother's attic for 15 years, sold to her brother, bought back from him and given to me for christmas when i was 14.