Early Years Instruments

In partnership with Wiltshire Creative and Wiltshire Music Centre 2 sets of Early Years musical instruments are available to Wiltshire Music Connect’s Early Years Associates*

  1. One set is located in Bradford on Avon and managed by Wiltshire Music Centre.

  2. The other is based in Salisbury and is managed by Wiltshire Creative.


Available instruments are those that, for reasons of cost or size, may not be in Early Years musicians ‘standard sets’ and  include:

  • Gathering Drum
  • Rainbow Chimes
  • Remo Ocean Drum
  • Hapi Mini Drum
  • Alto Xylophone
  • Wide Note Xylophone

We have appropriate beaters to accompany the above.


To book one or more of the instruments please contact

Individual instruments or the whole set can be booked out for one day up to four weeks depending on availability.

Whilst the service is currently FREE, all loans will be subject to terms and conditions and late or damaged returns may incur a charge.

In both cases you need to provide the following information:

  • your name (which will be checked against the list of Associates),
  • email address,
  • telephone number,
  • the instruments you would like to borrow
  • the date/s you would like to collect and return them
  • the groups they will be used for
  • the number of children in each group.

*Early Years music tutors / leaders who are not yet Associates of Wiltshire Music Connect can apply to become one here