Welcome to the Percussion Play Blog

We hope you'll be a regular visitor as we share stories about the instruments we make and the people who play them.

This is where we share our passion for music in the great outdoors! We'll share with you details of exciting new outdoor music projects and designs from around the globe. We'll share with you information about the instruments we sell and a little about the inspiration behind them

Most importantly, this blog is about what we love to do the most - help you create new and exciting ways to bring music to the great outdoors.

Thank you for reading, visiting, commenting and contributing - we’re excited to have you here!

Tutti Xylophone Takes Centre Stage in French Landscaping Show

Paysalia is the leading trade exhibition for everyone in France active in landscaping.

Paysalia 2017 attracts visitors and exhibitors from all aspects of the landscaping business, from professionals who design, create, or maintain public or private green spaces along with manufacturers and suppliers - everyone active in landscaping meets to build the future of the business together.

Paysalia has chosen ‘health and well-being in gardens’ as the focus for this year’s exhibition. Demonstrating how parks and gardens contribute to the improvement of quality of life and well-being of all its users and highlighting the benefits experienced through the enjoyment of these gardens for all.

Additionally, open to all landscaping designers and entrepreneurs, the Paysalia "Carré des Jardiniers" contest is held every two years. Turning the spotlight on gardeners and rewarding them for their achievements as project managers and artists, the Carré des...

Lithuanian Reseller 'Dego' Brings Music to School Expo

We have an excellent community of skilled resellers available to support our customers around the globe, and we love to share stories of these resellers, working hard to spread the message and showcasing our instruments at select conferences and exhibitions.

The latest to do so are the team from UAB Dego at the 2017 'School Exhibition' held in the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Center, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Billed as the most important event of the year for the Lithuanian education community, the motto of the exhibition was ‘School without Walls’ – the perfect platform on which Eglė Prieskienienė (Director of Dego) and her team could meet and discuss the benefits of outdoor musical instruments, while sharing her many success stories with the school leaders, business, teachers, students and parents attending.

The School Exhibition was held in conjunction with the ‘Children’s Exhibition’ - the only specialized...

It's Here! Check out our new website

We’re excited to announce that our new and refreshed website is now live!

Along with a new look and refreshed content, we have included features that we hope will make visiting the site a more user-friendly browsing experience for our valued customers and business partners.

The updated site includes;

Changes to Navigation – with dropdown menus to select which category of instrument or sector in which you wish to search.
Case Studies – success stories from around the world which will be updated regularly.
Instrument Pages – updated with brand new videos and fantastic images plus easy downloads of product features and specification sheets.
Blog – Our latest news, product innovations and events.
Mobile-friendly - The new website offers an equally great experience for both mobile and desktop users so visitors will be able to access our content on the go.
Use the Contact Us page to locate resellers through a simple postcode/zip search function

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Bags packed and ready to exhibit at ASLA2017

ASLA is the national professional association for landscape architects; their annual meeting and Expo is the largest gathering of landscape architecture professionals in the world. Held annually by ASLA in various cities throughout the United States. As well as education sessions, workshops and field sessions, attendees can explore new products, services, and design solutions presented by over 400 exhibitors all under one roof at the trade show.

Percussion Play will be creating a large stand to showcase our instruments and will be on hand to offer demonstrations and discuss how you can incorporate outdoor musical instruments to deliver innovative results for future landscaping projects. With the launch of our brand new app we’re sure to have plenty to talk about. We’re looking forward to a great few days of networking and sharing ideas.

We will be on Booth 1525, so be sure to stop by!

Bringing Harmony to the 2017 NRPA Annual Conference

The 2017 NRPA Annual Conference is attended by more than 7,000 park and recreation professionals along with other related professions such as; landscape architecture, aquatics, fitness, city planning, property and facility management, park advocacy, environmental education, civil engineering, sustainability and more.

Attendees are invited to listen to over 500 expert speakers and approximatley 300 education sessions are available to them over the three days. However, it's in the exhibition hall that attendees are invited to 'try before they buy' and test out some pretty amazing cutting edge playground equipment and other products from some of the top brands supplying the industry.

Percussion Play have headed to the 'big easy' to make our own noise at the conference on booth #1547 – inviting all attendees to come and join in the fun in our very own free-for-all jam session!

Outdoor Musical Instruments Arrive in Romania

The Libra Foundation takes UK students out to Romania to work in children’s residential centres, with children from Roma communities and with underprivileged Romanian children. The residential centres are home to children and young people with varying needs and abilities; from learning difficulties to specific physical needs and requirements. The children from the Roma communities are often developmentally delayed, live in extreme poverty and are socially marginalised and the underprivileged Romanian children are socially deprived and often extremely poor.

Libra aims to provide resources and experiences to these Romanian children that the centres, schools and families cannot otherwise afford and which have a significant impact on the children’s wellbeing and that of their parents and carers. This includes working with staff and carers to deliver training and workshops and encouraging local volunteering to make Libra's work sustainable.

The Alexandra Centre in Onesti is a therapeutic...