From Jugend, 1896.

Here's a precursor to Jerry Lee Lewis playing the piano with his feet.  From Le Rire, 1895.

"Philharmonic furnishing," from Grip, 1888.

From Die Muskete, 1932.

"Sat on a rock in the landscape and practiced."  From When I Was a Little Girl by Zona Gale and illustrated by Agnes Pelton, 1913.

An organ that plays color.  From Popular Mechanics, 1924.

From Die Bühne, 1927. 

From Ulf the Minstrel by Robert B. Brough, 1859.

"Trying to blow a few notes on saxophone weighing five hundred pounds."  From Popular Mechanics, 1924.

"The fox turned piper."  From A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art by Thomas Wright, 1875.

The trebeled history of the saxophone.  From Mocca, 1935.

Accordion phobia or the "anti-squeezebox stance" (Alan Lomax) speaks to "the power struggles between social classes as well as to the makings, politics, and aesthetics of popular music" (The Accordion in the Americas: Klezmer, Polka, Tango, Zydeco, and More).  The caption here reads, "Would you mind moving further along?  There is a sick lady in the house opposite."  From Pearson's, 1911.

Here's some unearthly music from Once a Week, 1861.

From Popular Mechanics, 1925.

From Wiener Revue, 1946.

Kubelik by Thomas Downey for The Sketch, 1902.