Professional Percussion, Ready When You Need It
From timpani and bass drums to cymbals and tuned percussion, South West Percussion Hire provides orchestras, ensembles, and event organisers across the UK with reliable, high-quality percussion instruments. Whether it’s a concert, festival, recording session, or touring production, we make sure you have the right instruments, delivered on time.
Our Services
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We provide a wide range of professional orchestral percussion instruments, available for short or long-term hire. Our inventory is maintained to the highest standard and performance-ready for concerts, recordings, and tours.
Percussion can be a confusing and complex topic, even for trained musicians. If you’re not sure what you need, feel free to simply tell us what you are performing and we’ll handle the rest!
Use our hire request form to get in touch about using our instruments for your next project or concert.
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Moving large instruments and everything you need for a project can be a challenge — we make it easy. Our specialist transport service ensures your hired instruments and concert equipment are delivered safely, set up on time, and collected when you’re finished. Whether it’s a single venue or a multi-stop tour, you can rely on us for smooth logistics and careful handling.
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Need skilled players as well as instruments? We can arrange for experienced percussionists to perform at your concert or event. From orchestral repertoire to contemporary works, we match you with professional musicians who bring reliability, expertise, and artistry to the stage.
About Us
At South West Percussion Hire, percussion is our passion. Founded to support the growing demand for high-standard orchestral percussion in the UK, we specialise solely in instrument hire — nothing else. This means we are fully dedicated to maintaining, transporting, and supplying percussion instruments to the highest standard.
We work closely with orchestras, theatres, schools, universities, and individual musicians to ensure every performance has the professional sound it deserves. With years of experience and a genuine love for music, we’re here to take the stress out of sourcing percussion, so you can focus on making music.
Our clients include the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the University of Cambridge, and many more….