What can I buy?

Take it away, what you can and cannot buy

Take it away loans are designed to assist individuals with the purchase of new or reconditioned musical instruments. However the following associated goods and services may be included as part of the loan, provided that these items are purchased at the same time as the instrument itself and can be supplied by the retailer at the point of sale.

• Drum heads
• Drum sticks/brushes
• Effects pedals
• Instrument amplifiers
• Instrument cases
• Instrument cleaning materials
• Leads
• Metronomes
• Mouthpieces
• Music/instrument stands
• Mutes
• Plectrums
• Reeds
• Rosin
• Sheet music
• Shoulder rests
• Silencers
• Stools
• Straps
• Strings
• Tuition
• Tuners

The following items cannot be bought using the loan:

• Non tuition CDs and DVDs
• Non tuition music books
• Concert tickets
• Microphones
• Recording equipment
• PA systems