Parish played some notes on instrument (11)

I believe the answer is:

harpsichord

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'instrument' is the definition.
(harpsichord is a kind of instrument)

'parish played some notes' is the wordplay.
'played' is an anagram indicator (letters playing around).
'some notes' becomes 'chord' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'parish' is an anagram of 'harpsi'.
'harpsi'+'chord'='HARPSICHORD'

'on' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for harpsichord that I've seen is " Early keyboard instrument".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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