My life as a taiko maker

Odaiko heading day. #taiko #taikos.com #taikofriends #percussion #bigdrums #bigdrum #handmade #fromtheearth #drumset #drums #drumshop #drumstagram

16x9 bolt shime leaving the shop today. #taiko #taikos.com #taikofriends #drums #drumset #percussion (at Monument, Colorado)

More taiko being finished. #taikos #taikofriends #taiko #handmade #percussion #drums #drumset

Big, bigger, & normal. Lots of sanding in my future. #drums #drumset #percussion #handmade #taiko #taikofriends #taikos

Just finished installing the handles on this 20". #drums #percussion #drumset #taikos #taikofriends #taiko

Just finished tacking and almost finished trimming the skins. Next up tensioning the second heads. #worldmusic #taikofriends #taikos #drumset #drums #percussion #drums

Just finished a custom stitching pattern on these shime daiko heads. #shime #taiko #percussion #drums #drumset #taikos #taikofriends #worldmusic

Finished chu daiko leaving next week for its new home. #woodworking #handmade #taikos #taiko #drums #percussion #worldmusic #bigdrum #bigdrums #drumset

Part of the drums we are finishing today. Drums and more drums 7 days a week! #percussion #taikos #taikofriends #drums #taiko #taikos.com #handmade #woodworking

I loved working with the beautiful grain on this ko daiko today! #taikos #taiko #drums #taikofriends #taikos.com #percussion

Kan for our next batch of taiko! #taiko #drums #percussion #taikos.com #taikofriends

Final tension on a chu daiko. #taikos #wadaiko #taiko #percussion #taikofriends #drums #taikos.com

3 of many ko hira finished this week and heading out across the country. #drums #taikofriends #taikos #percussion #taiko #wadaiko #taikos.com

Custom 16"x6" Ko hira with kan. #taikos #percussion #taikos.com #taikofriends #drums

My reflecting pool for today. Getting the skin ready for tension. #taikos #taikos.com #percussion #chudaiko

Finished one of our interior texturing patterns on a chu daiko. #taikos.com #taiko #percussion #drums

Final sound test before crating up this 60"x60" #taiko #drums #bigdrum #bigdrums #taikos.com #odaiko #percussion #worldpercussion