Bio (from Ken’s Website)

​My name is Ken Lovelett, an inventor, musician, educator, composer and percussion instrument artisan who lives and works in the beautiful Catskill Mountains of Upstate New York.   For over 40 years, I have been experimenting, inventing, designing and crafting unique world percussion instruments and sound sculptures to share with fellow musicians and those with an artistic flair.  

I specialize in creating unique handcrafted percussion instruments that are derived from cultures around the world.   By combining and altering traits from various instruments, I create new and exciting instruments and sound sculptures that are each one-of-a-kind.  All of the instruments on this site are my inventions , names and designs of which most are patented.

For this reason, American Percussion Instruments is a melting pot for diversity in the realm of percussion instruments.  That’s why at American Percussion Instruments we acknowledge and celebrate the coming together of different cultures that bring art and music together. 

https://www.americanpercussion.com