Tama Drums

Tama Drums
Company typePrivate
IndustryMusical instruments
Founded1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Headquarters,
Japan
ParentHoshino Gakki
Websitewww.tama.com

Tama Drums (from Japanese: 多満 (Kanji); タマ (Kana)) is a brand of drums and hardware manufactured and marketed by Hoshino Gakki.[1]

The research and development of its products, along with production of its professional drum lines, is done in Seto, Japan, while its hardware and less expensive drums are manufactured in Guangzhou, China.[2] Hoshino has several offices around the world for marketing and wholesale distribution. Drums destined for the American market are assembled and stocked in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.[3]

  1. ^ Strain, James Allen (2017). A Dictionary for the Modern Percussionist and Drummer. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-8108-8693-3. OCLC 974035735. Tama. A Japanese drum brand founded in 1965 by the Hoshino Gakki instrument manufacturing company.
  2. ^ Loncaric, Denis (October 26, 2022). "Where are Tama Drums made?". DRUM! Magazine. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  3. ^ Furia, Claire (January 12, 1998). "Ibanez guitars hit right chord". Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. E1, E3.