The song finishes and the band put down their instruments and walk away.

He finished the last of his drawings, put down his instruments in their tray, and looked around for a pitcher of water.

After the musicians played, they often put down their instruments and hung out with the crowd.

String players occasionally put down their instruments and engage in heavy breathing.

Imagine if an adult symphony orchestra was suddenly asked to put down their instruments and start slapping themselves?

The musicians put down their instruments.

"That's only the Threadfall alarm," said Domick, but the men were putting down their instruments.

The merrymakers put down their instruments and stared at him, but now the barge had drifted past, tugged by the great blue sail.

Then, after swaying and bending as jazz musicians often do, the performers put down their instruments to dance passionate solos.

Finally the number ended and the members of the band put down their instruments and began to leave the stand.