SOUTHERN INDIANA TAIKO INC.

Pictured above and to the right is Master Builder Peter Sulivan. Peter first began building drums with Ft. Wayne Taiko Director Alice Ballard, who also happens to be a close friend and mentor to S.I.T. What started as a few projects for Peter, evenutally developed into a small business. Being self-taught, Peter has developed many innovative ways to conquer the complicated task of building a taiko drum. So in the fall of 2011, Southern Indiana Taiko traveled to Ft. Wayne to ge

So about 4 years ago the girls and I decided it was time to upgrade from our hodgepodge practice drums to real taiko drums. Well, it didn't take long for us to realize that purchasing new drums was simply not going to be an option, given that a typical daiko runs from $2,000-$10,000. So we decided we'd just have to get a little more creative, and build our own. Obviously that proved to be more of a challenge than we ever imangined. Thus we began our seemingly endless journey