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Played Peking's cello with some percussion (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glockenspiel

'some percussion' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'played peking's cello' is the wordplay.
'played' indicates anagramming the letters (letters playing around).
'pekings'+'cello'='pekingscello'
'pekingscello' with letters rearranged gives 'GLOCKENSPIEL'.

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for glockenspiel that I've seen before include "it's in the kitchen" , "Musical instrument" , "Percussion instrument -- eg pink cellos (anag)" , "Music producer" , "Instrument played with hammers" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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