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!

New: White Papers - A Knowledge Hub For Meaningful Music Related Content

New: White Papers - A Knowledge Hub For Meaningful Music Related Content

Percussion Play has just launched a new White Papers section on its website for individuals looking to boost their knowledge, for people searching for strong evidence concerning the health...
- 01/02/18
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Percussion Play CADDetails 'Manufacturer of the Month December 2017'

Percussion Play CADDetails 'Manufacturer of the Month December 2017'

We hear so often that we don’t make things in the UK any more - well Percussion Play are bucking the trend having just become the CADdetails Users Choice 'Manufacturer of the Month' for December 2017...
- 16/01/18
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Encouraging Music & Movement | National Obesity Week

Encouraging Music & Movement | National Obesity Week

National Obesity Awareness Week runs from the 8th-14th January 2018. It helps to promote awareness of obesity as a UK health concern, supporting ways to prevent and tackle the problem as a nation....
- 11/01/18
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Tutti Xylophone Takes Centre Stage in French Landscaping Show

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...
- 05/12/17
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Lithuanian Reseller 'Dego' Brings Music to School Expo

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...
- 28/11/17
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Bags packed and ready to exhibit at ASLA2017

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...
- 01/11/17
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Bringing Harmony to the 2017 NRPA Annual Conference

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,...
- 26/09/17
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Outdoor Musical Instruments Arrive in Romania

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...
- 20/07/17
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Why Build a Musical Sensory Garden?

Why Build a Musical Sensory Garden?

We recently released our Guide to Building the Perfect Musical Garden with tips on planning, planting and percussion. We...
- 06/07/17
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Egg-citing Beats: A Musical Easter Egg Hunt That Teaches Dynamics

Egg-citing Beats: A Musical Easter Egg Hunt That Teaches Dynamics

Introducing dynamics to young children is an invitation to make some noise and is the perfect subject to take outside and make good use of your outdoor musical instruments. This music activity is great...
- 13/04/17
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Guide to Building the Perfect Musical Garden

Guide to Building the Perfect Musical Garden

Whether you are planning a new interactive sensory garden, or making an existing landscape more sensory-rich, there are so many benefits – happily all relatively easy to achieve. The design and layout...
- 08/03/17
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Wrap Up Warm and Get Outside: Why the music shouldn’t stop for winter

Wrap Up Warm and Get Outside: Why the music shouldn’t stop for winter

On these cold, dark wintery days, weather is the thing most likely to keep kids from playing outside. It is very easy to turn up the thermostat, lose track of our ‘screen time’ and minimise our exposure...
- 10/01/17
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Percussion Play Instruments Feature in US Town 'Battle of the Bands'!

Percussion Play Instruments Feature in US Town 'Battle of the Bands'!

Percussion Play have been working with Symphoria - the musician-owned and operated successor to the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra - to create permanent outdoor musical instrument 'stations' in three locations...
- 08/12/16
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Percussion Play says 'Namaste' India

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...
- 25/10/16
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​New distributor partnership in Lithuania

​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...
- 04/10/16
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Harmony and Healing: Bringing Music to Life at the UK's Premier Dementia Festival

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...
- 29/09/16
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Sansa-Rimba features in care home 'Sensory Accessibility Path'

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...
- 15/09/16
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Percussion Play at International Trade Fair for Urban Green and Open Spaces - GaLaBau 2016

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...
- 13/09/16
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Kids' Brains on Music [Infographic]

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...
- 26/07/16
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Leave the text books inside for Empty Classroom Day

Leave the text books inside for Empty Classroom Day

Let’s hope that the sun will be shining for 'Empty Classroom Day' on Friday 17th June. An annual celebration of learning outside, Empty Classroom Day is a chance to inspire schools to take to their...
- 16/06/16
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New Music Garden Honours Famed Children's Trio Sharon, Lois and Bram

New Music Garden Honours Famed Children's Trio Sharon, Lois and Bram

Sharon Hampson and Bram Morrison — two-thirds of the famed children’s trio Sharon, Lois and Bram known for songs like 'Little Rabbit Foo Foo,' 'One Elephant Went Out to Play'...
- 25/05/16
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Celebrating The Music - 'Shakespeare 400'

Celebrating The Music - 'Shakespeare 400'

“Shakespeare 400” is a year-long, worldwide celebration of the life of William Shakespeare and marking the 400th anniversary of his death in 1616. Music is central to the work of Shakespeare. The majority...
- 23/04/16
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Are There Enough Playgrounds in the UK?

Are There Enough Playgrounds in the UK?

There are more than 16,000 playgrounds provided by district councils in England, but are there enough to serve the 11 million children aged under 15 nationwide? Well, those figures equate to around 690...
- 12/04/16
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Music Activities: Schools' Autism Awareness Week

Music Activities: Schools' Autism Awareness Week

We're coming to the end of the first-ever National School Autism Awareness Week (14-18 March), led by the National Autistic Society. During the week, schools were encouraged to get involved in a wide variety...
- 17/03/16
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​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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