SilverWinds works very closely in connection with local and national schools along with Cornwall Learning Music, therefore we are able to offer our customers the chance to purchase an instrument for their child without paying the VAT. This enables our customers to make a saving of 20% off any new instrument purchased from ourselves, here’s how the AIPS works -

Check that your school offers the ´Assisted Instrument Purchase Scheme´ If your unsure you can contact us and we will be able to let you know. Come into our shop and choose your new instrument  with our expert staff or  if you know exactly what your looking for then you can telephone and reserve your instrument.

After choosing your instrument and completing your details  on our form, we will pass this along with your payment to your school or music centre for them to complete the process. Your new instrument will then be dispatched to your school or music centre at no extra charge.

Finally, you collect your chosen instrument from your School or Music Centre.

VAT Free Assisted Instrument Purchase Scheme

To comply with HM Custom and Excise rules the following criteria must be satisfied:-

• The student must be in full time education at an LEA School.
• The student must be receiving music tuition at the School/Music Centre.
• The instrument must be appropriate for the student's needs.
• The instrument must be portable.
• The instrument must change hands on Educational premises.