Thousands of organizations have come to us wanting our help to bring music and harmony to their parks and playgrounds, schools, nursing homes, hospitals, hospices, museums and family-attractions, and many other different settings.

We strongly believe in extending play beyond the traditional, making play inclusive and the positivity of multi-generational interaction. Music has great power for bringing people together and including musical instruments in a park, playground or trail makes music-making irresistible for people of all cultures, ages, and abilities.

Read their reviews of Percussion Play to learn how great outdoor musical instruments have enhanced their outside spaces.

Symphoria ( a musician-led cooperative orchestra) Syracuse, NY - Syracuse, New York

Many thanks to you and your team for all your efforts on our behalf. We're excited to get these (instruments) in the ground!

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Princess Cruises - Italy

The Percussion Play instruments were successfully assembled and installed on the ship and look amazing. THANK YOU for all of your help during these many months in making this possible. They are beautiful and fit well in the space.

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Brian Dilman - Memorial Garden Committee - Prairie du Chien, USA

We are so excited to have your music instruments in our new Harmony Garden here in Prairie Du Chien (WI USA). It’s unique. It stands out. It will draw people to the gardens, which are already a wonderful part of our community.

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Steven - The Cornerstone Group - Lyndale Garden Center, Minnesota, USA

Thank you so much! Our grand opening is in two weeks, and so far everyone loves the instruments.

Brian - Conner Prairie Interactive History Park - Indiana, USA

Everyone is impressed with the instruments, their build quality and sound.

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Sarah Wyper - Project Coordinator Wiston Lodge (Charity focused on Children and Vulnerable Adults) - Wiston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

We are delighted with the instruments!

Melissa Quinn - Hebrew Academy for Special Children - New York, USA

Love love love the instruments! Thanks for all your help during the ordering process and your kindness I loved doing business with you guys. Thanks again!

Matt Cosgrove - Director Webster County Conservation Board - Iowa, USA

Thank You! The instruments are a great addition to our playscape!

Aldersro Elder Centre – Director - Svendborg, Denmark

The musical instruments are a great success! They have encouraged the residents outside, to take longer walks, laugh, talk and socialise.

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Elder Centre Skovhuset (Head of Physiotherapy) - Denmark

Once installed we quickly saw that the area with the instruments in became a place to socialise and has become a place where families go to play together. They have also been especially beneficial to our residents with dementia as they encourage them to go outdoors and to use the music to help them communicate.

Rashida Sabbir - Director of Pan India Play -

"Outdoor musical instruments are unheard of to most in India and most people are amazed and thrilled by the concept! Some have seen them (and loved them) on their travels abroad but never have they seen them installed back home, which is exactly why I wanted to get this to India."

Rachel Hayden - Medina House Community Special School - Isle of Wight, UK

We’re very happy with the outdoor musical instruments we have here at Medina House. Staff working with our pupils with more complex physical needs have reported that the instruments have been great motivators during physio and OT work, encouraging pupils to stand for longer periods of time, or stand and use their physical skills independently. They’ve also reported how great it is for the pupils to have independent access to the instruments to develop their play and offer more creative activities and alternative opportunities when they are out on the playground. They’ve been useful in helping to improve inter-class communication and social skills at playtime.

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David Collier - Coastal Activity Park Manager - Boscombe, Dorset UK

Our harsh seafront environment is notoriously unforgiving on metal installations, but six months in the outdoor musical instruments look as good as they did on installation day. The public reaction to them has been fantastic! From the off, contact with Percussion Play was both friendly and professional and we have seen this continue after sales.”

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Trip Advisor - Boscombe, Dorset UK

We both love playing on the musical instruments, and love it when we are playing on the beach and paddling in the sea you can hear the chimes from the pier!

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Lions Park (Music Therapist) - Søllerød, Denmark

We’ve just installed the instruments and both I and several of the staff have had fun with the residents in the new musical garden. One lady in her 70’s has moderately severe dementia,. When she was younger she would play the piano, however whenever I tried playing the piano with her during our sessions she would become frustrated and upset because she was no longer able to play ‘correctly’. However, taking her into the garden to play the pentatonic instruments which she could just play and explore, with no wrong notes, her senses were opened and music making became enjoyable again.

Care Worker - Aars Elder Centre - Aars, Denmark

One of our dementia residents has difficulty lifting one arm. When he first starts to play the outdoor xylophone he can barely lift his arm, yet before long he starts to lift it higher and higher, the effect can be seen after just a few minutes!”

Director - Future Homes Development - UK

Our lovely courtyard lacked anything that was sculptural, create curiosity and encourage activity. Now we have the musical instruments which do all three! They are used extensively by passers-by as it is impossible to walk past them and not have a go. A very good investment.

Elder Centre Manager - Barchester Care Home

One of the residents here has already said that when his grandson visits he has now got somewhere to take him and they can enjoy making music together. The amount of pleasure they bring cannot be underestimated.

Deb Winn - Program Coordinator Children's Healing Center - Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

We are so pleased with the instruments. Our neighbors have commented how glorious it is to hear the children outside playing them.

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Sara Griffith - American School of Milan - Milan, Italy

Our students adore them and have been playing with them at recess every day! Low notes are the way to go, as the sound carries well.

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Laura H. Lieneck, LLA Senior Landscape Architect - New Jersey, USA

Our newly installed Tubular Bells look and sound beautiful! They have a mellow, long-lasting, layered sound that is peaceful and soothing. We placed them as a sculptural accent piece, for park visitors—of all ages, to discover on their own. Clients of all physical abilities can surround themselves in sound and vibration by standing or sitting at the center of the chimes. Robin Ashfield and his staff of designers and creators are excited about the work they do, and were eager to share their knowledge of the instruments and make recommendations. The chimes arrived on schedule, in good condition. I look forward to more purchases from Percussion Play.

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