Central to the photo is a home-made xylophone, with its longest (lowest) notes closest to the camera and shorted (highest) ones further away. It is made from ash wood, and evidence of sandpaper and tools are visible on the table to the left of the photo. Jordan Ashman, aged 9, is standing to the right of the xylophone, playing it with two rubber-headed mallets, but facing the camera with a happy smile. He is wearing a white short-sleaved football shirt with red flashing around the collar, and dark trousers. A music book is propped up to the left, showing Prelude by Kevin Hathaway. To the right of the image are a Nintendo Wii guitar and drum kit. In the background, between silver curtains, a grassy garden contains a child's climbing frame, and leads to a conifer hedge in the distance.