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!
Percussion Play says 'Namaste' India
We're delighted to share with you photos of the first play area in India to feature Percussion Play instruments thanks to our representation by the great people at Pan India Play.
Based in Pune, Maharashtra and established in 1996, Pan India have been providing play solutions to a wide spectrum of projects from schools, residential developments, holiday resorts, local parks and city parks.
From consultancy through to installation, Pan India offers a full range of playground equipment and services, but was lacking musical performance solutions.
Rashida Sabbir, Director of Pan India Play tells us how this gated community in Mumbai came to choose outdoor musical instruments for their project:
"Initially I had met with the developer to discuss play equipment, however when I showed the director the musical instruments, he just loved them so much that he wished to incorporate at least a couple of them in the play area."
"Outdoor musical instruments are unheard of to most in India...
New distributor partnership in Lithuania
Last week we were delighted to welcome a new distributor to our team. Meet Eglė Prieskienienė from UAB 'Dego', who is the brand new distributor of Percussion Play Outdoor Musical Instruments in Lithuania.
Visiting our workshop last week, Eglė met the whole team and was introduced to the full range of instruments. We want our distributors to be well-equipped with all the information and knowledge they need in order to provide the same level of excellent service we would provide to customers. Therefore, to enable Eglė a successful start she received some pretty intensive product training over the two day visit.
We wish her and the team at UAB 'Dego' the best success!
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Harmony and Healing: Bringing Music to Life at the UK's Premier Dementia Festival
Last weekend, Percussion Play was delighted to attend the only Dementia Festival (that wwe'reaware of) in the UK, held at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in Ampfield.
The festival's aim was to educate and inspire people with dementia, their carers, families and friends, and health professionals across Hampshire in a fun and informal way.
Lawrence "Lawrie" McMenemy MBE, an Ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society and a football legend in the UK, opened the festival.
Free to attend, visitors from all over Hampshire came to listen to the talks from top Dementia specialists and see the inspirational and innovative ideas from local projects, companies, and dementia specialists. Seminars and talks on dementia subjects took place all day, including relaxation techniques and reminiscence therapies. Activities were available for all ages, including therapies, table tennis, and crafts. Visitors could enjoy the surroundings while listening and joining in with singing and music from the many...
Sansa-Rimba features in care home 'Sensory Accessibility Path'
St. Joseph’s At Fleming a long-term care home in Peterborough, Ontario have created a wonderful new sensory path which aims to enhance the quality of life for its residents. The 'Resident Sensory Accessibility Path' is a paved pathway that wraps around the building, incorporating environmentally friendly features such as gazebos, flowers, memorial gardens, sensory stations and a pond. Open to the public, the wrap-around path is a great way to get the home's 200 residents, family and onsite day care children outside in the fresh air and socialise. A Sansa-Rimba outdoor xylophone has been installed for residents, carers and visitors to play on while taking a moment to rest, stop and admire the view.
Patrick Gillespie, CEO at St. Joseph's at Fleming said the residents didn't have many safe places to walk and getting outdoors is crucial. "The path not only provides a safe and accessible route, but it also encourages more outdoor programs and gets residents to engage with others along their...
Percussion Play at International Trade Fair for Urban Green and Open Spaces - GaLaBau 2016
From 14 to 17 September 2016, the green carpet is being rolled out again at the exhibition centre in Nuremberg for the 22nd GaLaBau exhibition. Over 1300 international companies are exhibiting, all specialising in the planning, construction and maintenance of gardens, parks and green facilities. GaLaBau is considered Europe's most important meeting for the green sector with over 67,000 landscape gardeners, architects and clients from cities and local authorities expected to attend.
Percussion Play and Percussion Play Denmark have teamed up to exhibit together on Stand 1-333 in Hall 1.
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Percussion Play were delighted to be announced the GaLaBau 'Stand of the Day' with so many visitors coming to talk to us and play on the musical instruments!
Kids' Brains on Music [Infographic]
We all know that playing music is fun but have you ever considered how much it affects children's brains? Music has the potential to unlock a huge variety of skills in children without them even realising it. This infographic looks at the most important things that music can teach kids.
Music secretly develops language and communication, memory, numeracy and social skills. All the while, the children playing music are doing just that: playing and having fun. This double hit of fun and learning makes music one of the greatest learning experiences there is.
Let's take a deeper look at the positive impact of music.
Kids Brains on music Music is hugely important for children. Not just because it's fun, but because it encourages a very special kind of learning. Just like language, music is learned by participating. It's a social experience that offers so much more than meets the...