Welcome to our blog, where we celebrate the joy of music in the great outdoors! Here, you will find exciting updates about our company, inspiring stories, and the latest trends in outdoor music projects and designs from around the globe.

We’re passionate about the instruments we offer and will share insights into their creation and the inspiration behind them. Our mission is to help you discover innovative ways to bring music to your outdoor spaces.

Join us on this journey as we explore the fusion of music and the great outdoors. Thank you for being a part of our community – we’re excited to share this adventure with you!

​Report finds disabled children ‘being excluded from play’

​Report finds disabled children ‘being excluded from play’

Yesterday, the former Labour Home Secretary Lord Blunkett and the national deafblind charity, Sense, launched a national report, ‘The Case for Play’. The report revealed that play opportunities for...
- 25/02/16
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National Farm Attractions Network (NFAN) Members enjoy no-fail music making!

National Farm Attractions Network (NFAN) Members enjoy no-fail music making!

Percussion Play were delighted to join up with Rupert Oliver’s Ideas Factory to exhibit at this year’s National Farm Attraction Network annual conference and trade show. With over 250 members, The...
- 04/02/16
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Jingle All the Way: The Eternal Echo of Christmas Music

Jingle All the Way: The Eternal Echo of Christmas Music

This is the season when spades of cringe-worthy Christmas tunes are on constant rotation in supermarkets, department stores, and coffee shops. It is virtually impossible to leave the house without hearing...
- 17/12/15
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Percussion Play CAD Drawings and Product Specifications available NOW! on CADdetails.com

Percussion Play CAD Drawings and Product Specifications available NOW! on CADdetails.com

Percussion Play is excited to announce the availability of a new resource for architects, landscape architects and other design professionals to make adding Percussion Play outdoor musical instruments...
- 10/12/15
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American School of Milan - Elementary Playground Gets a Musical Makeover

American School of Milan - Elementary Playground Gets a Musical Makeover

The American School of Milan (ASM) is an independent, co-educational college preparatory day school offering American-style education in the south of Milan. The playground project was sponsored by the...
- 03/12/15
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Unleashing Musical Magic: The Capella Xylophone's Rainbow of Melodies

Unleashing Musical Magic: The Capella Xylophone's Rainbow of Melodies

Meet Capella: A Bright, Colorful Take on Outdoor Musical Play We’re thrilled to introduce the Capella – a brand new addition to our collection of diatonic outdoor musical instruments....
- 26/11/15
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Rain, rain, go away but first let's play a little music

Rain, rain, go away but first let's play a little music

We had several visitors come to Percussion Play towers yesterday. They’d come along to see and play our outdoor musical instruments and so in preparation we bought a selection of instruments out onto...
- 17/09/15
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5 Reasons Music Education Is Essential for Growth

5 Reasons Music Education Is Essential for Growth

Music education is a crucial part of general education that is often overlooked in today's curriculum. However, many studies have shown the unique benefits of including music in every child's...
- 28/08/15
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Sound Playgrounds: Music Solutions for Outdoor Areas

Sound Playgrounds: Music Solutions for Outdoor Areas

The good news is that it doesn't have to be complicated or expensive to add music to your outdoor space. This article presents seven easy ways to add music to your outdoor area. For Darker Areas or...
- 03/07/15
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Outdoor Music Therapy and Interactive Music Making

Outdoor Music Therapy and Interactive Music Making

Music Therapy Week is a week of campaigning to help raise awareness of how music therapy can improve the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in our communities across the UK. Donald Wetherick,...
- 28/06/15
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Bringing Brazil to Your Classroom: A Musical Journey Through the Heart of Carnival

Bringing Brazil to Your Classroom: A Musical Journey Through the Heart of Carnival

Love them or hate them, the World Cup in South Africa was echoed by the sound of the vuvuzelas. So what's the sound in Rio? Well, apparently, it's the 'Caxirola' - a rattle-type instrument based on the...
- 19/06/15
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Rediscover the Joy of Play: Embracing the Music Within at Boscombe Pier

Rediscover the Joy of Play: Embracing the Music Within at Boscombe Pier

We've had some wonderful comments and photos of the outdoor instruments installed on the Boscombe Pier musical trail. Interestingly it seems the adults are enjoying them just as much as the children, always...
- 11/06/15
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Music Making For Dementia Awareness Week and #DoSomethingNew

Music Making For Dementia Awareness Week and #DoSomethingNew

In support of Dementia Awareness Week 2015 and the #DoSomethingNew campaign, Percussion Play teamed up with a local Care Home, East Hill in Hampshire for a little participant-led music making session outside...
- 22/05/15
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Strike a Chord with Diversity: Rainbow Sambas Shine in Election Season

Strike a Chord with Diversity: Rainbow Sambas Shine in Election Season

Show Your True Colours This Election In the spirit of the upcoming UK elections, Percussion Play has colored our most popular product, the Rainbow Sambas, in the colors of five major UK parties. As...
- 30/04/15
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Harmony in the Garden: How Outdoor Instruments Revitalized a Danish Senior Care Center

Harmony in the Garden: How Outdoor Instruments Revitalized a Danish Senior Care Center

The Trollemose Senior Care Centre in Svendborg, Denmark is thrilled with the new outdoor musical instruments in their garden. Initially, the Care Centre wanted something new and interesting for the residents...
- 08/04/15
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Percussion Play Back ‘Made In Britain’ Campaign

Percussion Play Back ‘Made In Britain’ Campaign

Percussion Play, based in the heart of Hampshire, has joined the Made in Britain Campaign, an initiative started in 2011 to support and promote British manufacturing in the UK and overseas. The Made in...
- 26/03/15
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Boscombe Pier Unveils Musical Trail: A Symphony by the Sea at Britain’s Coolest Pier

Boscombe Pier Unveils Musical Trail: A Symphony by the Sea at Britain’s Coolest Pier

The resort of Boscombe lies just to the east of Bournemouth on the beautiful Dorset coast and will soon be home to the UK’s first multi-purpose Coastal Activity Park. Launching on the 12th and 13th of...
- 25/03/15
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​Papilio Outdoor Metallophone takes flight!

​Papilio Outdoor Metallophone takes flight!

Percussion Play are delighted to introduce a new metallophone into their range of outdoor musical instruments. The Papilio is our largest single instrument, yet as the pictures show its suitable for all,...
- 05/03/15
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Unlock Your Rhythm: Explore the World of the Cajón

Unlock Your Rhythm: Explore the World of the Cajón

The Cajón (pronounced Ka-hone; short A, long O) is a member of the percussion family and is growing in popularity very quickly. It is said to have originated in the 1800's among the Peruvian slaves from...
- 29/01/15
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Music & Movement: World Nursery Rhyme Week

Music & Movement: World Nursery Rhyme Week

This week has been World Nursery Rhyme Week (10-14th November). A week-long celebration promoting the importance of nursery rhymes to the under 5’s. Songs and rhymes for young children have been passed...
- 13/11/14
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Fun Halloween Activity for the Outdoor Music Classroom

Fun Halloween Activity for the Outdoor Music Classroom

Here is a fun Halloween music activity that you can do with your class using your outdoor musical instruments that will teach rhythm while scaring the pants off them! Sounds thrilling? Take a look! It...
- 29/10/14
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Inspired by Tradition – Harmony Outdoor Xylophone

Inspired by Tradition – Harmony Outdoor Xylophone

Along with rice, another crop harvested in Vietnam is bamboo. Bamboo has long been used as an assembly material in Asia because of its versatility and it has numerous uses. After it is split, bamboo can...
- 02/10/14
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Using Outdoor Musical Instruments On World Book Day

Using Outdoor Musical Instruments On World Book Day

In the UK and Ireland today is World Book Day! World Book Day is a celebration of children’s books and reading and marked in over 100 countries around the globe – although in other countries World...
- 05/03/14
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Outdoor Musical Playgrounds - More Than Just Play

Outdoor Musical Playgrounds - More Than Just Play

Outdoor Musical Instruments in the playground provide a non-threatening and fun outlet for creative and emotional expression and through the medium of music many essential life skills can be learned. Music...
- 19/02/14
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Small and Perfectly Formed Play Area Outdoor Xylophones

Small and Perfectly Formed Play Area Outdoor Xylophones

Cadenzas are scaled down outdoor musical instruments perfect for one player and comfortable enough for two. As with all our instruments, the Cadenza is strong, weather-proof and durable. The Cadenza is...
- 30/01/14
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