Second-hand music & instruments in Brisbane typically sells for A$29 to A$1,550 (about $20 to $1,100). Where and when it was built moves the figure enormously, and buyers pay close attention to the country stamped inside. A model still made today has its price capped by the new one, while a discontinued line answers to nothing but demand.
Buying music & instruments in Brisbane
Brisbane is subtropical, and that genuinely determines what survives second hand here. Humidity is hard on anything upholstered, wooden or electronic that has been stored badly, and buyers who have lived here a while will ask where an item was kept before they ask anything else.
Anything with a soundboard hates being posted: temperature and knocks in transit undo a setup and can crack a body outright. Carrying it home yourself, in its case, is the safest journey it will make.
What to check in person
Play every note up the neck and listen for buzzing, and sight down the neck from the body to check it is straight. Look at the bridge and the area around the tuning pegs for cracks or old repairs, and try every key or valve.
Collecting it in Brisbane
It needs a car boot rather than a bag, so agree somewhere you can actually stop for a few minutes. That is easier away from the centre than in it.
The river cuts the city in half and there are only so many crossings, so which side someone is on matters more than the distance on a map. Most people arrange collection rather than posting, and utes are common enough that furniture moves easily.
Selling your music & instruments in Brisbane free
The city has grown quickly through interstate migration, and people arriving from Sydney and Melbourne routinely sell up rather than freight everything north. That produces a steady supply of good furniture at sensible prices.
Fit a fresh set of strings or reeds before anybody comes to try it, since a tired set makes a good instrument sound dull. Have somewhere quiet to demonstrate it, and gather the case, stand, lead and any paperwork into one place beforehand. Lifts in September as lessons restart, and again after Christmas.
Bank transfer via PayID is instant and is what most private buyers will offer. Cash on collection remains common for larger items.
Music & Instruments worth listing in Brisbane
Same region (Queensland)
If nothing in Brisbane suits, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Townsville each have their own music & instruments page, and a seller will often meet part of the way for something worth the trip.
- Music & Instruments in Gold Coast
- Music & Instruments in Sunshine Coast
- Music & Instruments in Townsville
More in Brisbane: everything second hand in Brisbane, or Music & Instruments across Australia.
Prices converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate; sellers set their own price.