Frederick W. Oster, founder of Vintage Instruments and a Philadelphia-based musical instrument dealer and appraiser for more than 40 years. He has appeared frequently on the PBS program Antiques Roadshow and has served as an instrument consultant and appraiser for the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Library of Congress, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Christie’s auction house, among other institutions. Vintage-Instruments.com
Whether you stumble upon an old musical instrument in the attic that you played in a rock band when you…