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Musical instruments
Also covers: guitar, keyboard, violin, flute, trumpet, drum kit, instrument, instruments
Can you donate musical instruments to a UK charity shop? Yes.
Before donating
Playable instruments are welcomed by many shops and often sell quickly. Pianos and organs are the exception — their size and weight rule them out almost everywhere, so they're listed separately.
Prepare it like this
Clean the instrument, include the case and any accessories, and mention any faults. Schools, community music projects and instrument-amnesty schemes are good alternatives for instruments shops can't take.
Charity by charity
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Accepted
Their wording
“Music (CDs, vinyl, DVDs, Blu-rays, musical instruments and sheet music).”
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Accepted
Listed under 'Items we can accept'.
Their wording
“Musical instruments, for example: guitars, keyboards, trumpets.”
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Accepted
Listed as a standalone bullet under 'We accept:' on the Electrical items page.
Their wording
“Musical instruments”
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Accepted
Their wording
“Artwork and musical instruments”
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Accepted
Their specialist music shop regularly stocks and sells donated instruments.
Their wording
“We also sell CDs, cassettes, DVDs and we often have musical instruments and audio equipment.”
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Accepted
Listed under the 'What we can sell' section of the donation guidance page.
Their wording
“Music (CDs, vinyl, musical instruments and sheet music)”
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Accepted
'instruments' listed under the Entertainment donations category alongside games consoles, CDs, DVDs and vinyl.
Their wording
“Entertainment: games consoles, instruments, CDs, DVDs and vinyl.”
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Accepted
Their wording
“Musical instruments”
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Accepted
Their wording
“Musical instruments”
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Accepted
Their wording
“✅ Musical instruments”
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Accepted
Their wording
“Musical instruments and gym equipment”
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Accepted
Their wording
“Musical instruments”
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Accepted
Electric guitar cited as an example of welcomed donations on the main shops page.
Their wording
“Our shops sell a wide variety of 'pre-loved' items which are donated by you, our supporters, and we are always looking for more goods to sell – anything from a winter coat to an electric guitar!”
- Accepted
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Accepted
Must be in a good state of use and clean (not necessarily in tune); include cases, spare strings and tuning equipment where possible.
Their wording
“Musical instruments in a good state of use, clean but doesn't need to be in tune. String items with any spare strings. Items in cases where possible. Include any associated tuning equipment where available.”
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Accepted
Their wording
“Musical instruments”
Not mentioned in 137 charities' guidance
Absence from a charity's list doesn't mean they accept it — it just isn't singled out. Ask your local shop.
- Accord Hospice
- Acorns Children's Hospice
- Age UK
- Ardgowan Hospice
- Ashgate Hospicecare
- Ayrshire Hospice
- Barnsley Hospice
- Blythe House Hospice
- Bolton Hospice
- British Red Cross
- Butterfly Hospice Trust
- Butterwick Hospice
- Cancer Research UK
- Children's Hospice South West
- Children's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS)
- Claire House Children's Hospice
- Cornwall Hospice Care
- Cransley Hospice Trust
- Crisis
- DEBRA
- Demelza Hospice Care for Children
- Derian House Children's Hospice
- Dogs Trust
- Dorothy House
- Douglas Macmillan Hospice
- Dr Kershaw's Hospice
- East Lancashire Hospice
- Eden Valley Hospice and Jigsaw, Cumbria's Children's Hospice
- Ellenor
- FARA Charity Shops
- Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity
- Forget Me Not Children's Hospice
- Garden House Hospice Care
- Great Oaks Hospice
- Great Western Air Ambulance Charity
- Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice
- Heart of Kent Hospice
- Helen & Douglas House
- Highland Hospice
- Hope House & Ty Gobaith Children's Hospices
- Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland
- Hospice in the Weald
- Hospice Isle of Man
- Hospice of the Good Shepherd
- Hospice of the Valleys
- Jersey Hospice Care
- Julia's House
- Katharine House Hospice (Stafford)
- Katharine House Hospice, Banbury
- Keech Hospice Care
- KEMP Hospice
- Lewis-Manning Hospice Care
- Lindsey Lodge Hospice
- Longfield Community Hospice
- Marie Curie
- Martin House Children's Hospice
- Mountbatten Isle of Wight
- Moya Cole Hospice
- Naomi House & Jack's Place
- Nightingale House Hospice
- North Devon Hospice
- North London Hospice
- Nottinghamshire Hospice
- Octavia Foundation
- Overgate Hospice
- PDSA
- Pendleside Hospice
- Phyllis Tuckwell
- Pilgrims Hospices
- Primrose Hospice
- Princess Alice Hospice
- Prospect Hospice
- Queenscourt Hospice
- Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People
- Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care
- Rotherham Hospice
- Rowans Hospice
- Royal Trinity Hospice (London)
- Saint Francis Hospice
- Salvation Army (SATCoL)
- Samaritans
- Save the Children
- Sense Scotland
- Severn Hospice
- Shaw Trust
- Shelter
- Shooting Star Children's Hospices
- Sobell House Hospice
- Southern Hospice Group
- Springhill Hospice
- St Barnabas Hospice (Lincolnshire)
- St Catherine's Hospice (Crawley)
- St Catherine's Hospice (Lancashire)
- St Christopher's Hospice
- St Clare Hospice
- St Columba's Hospice
- St Cuthbert's Hospice
- St David's Hospice Care
- St Giles Hospice
- St John's Hospice (Lancaster, Morecambe, Kendal & Garstang)
- St John's Hospice (London)
- St Luke's Cheshire Hospice
- St Luke's Hospice (Harrow & Brent)
- St Luke's Hospice Plymouth
- St Luke's Hospice, Sheffield
- St Margaret's Hospice Care (Somerset)
- St Mary's Hospice
- St Michael's Hospice (North Hampshire)
- St Nicholas Hospice Care
- St Oswald's Hospice
- St Peter & St James Hospice
- St Peter's Hospice
- St Raphael's Hospice
- St Richard's Hospice
- St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)
- St Vincent's Hospice
- St Wilfrid's Hospice
- Strathcarron Hospice
- Sue Ryder
- Thames Hospice
- The Children's Trust
- The Myton Hospices
- The Prince of Wales Hospice
- The Shakespeare Hospice
- Traid
- Treetops Hospice Trust
- Tynedale Hospice at Home
- Wakefield Hospice
- Wales Air Ambulance
- Weldmar Hospicecare
- Wigan and Leigh Hospice
- Willow Burn Hospice
- Willow Wood Hospice
- Willowbrook Hospice
- Wirral Hospice St John's
- Woodgreen Pets Charity
- YMCA (England & Wales)