About Us

The Story

Artifact Percussion began in 2014 when Aaron needed a piccolo drum for auditions and Lexie said, "yeah, I can make that."

 See, at the time, his only options for a small audition drum were either not actually designed to be an audition drum or were way overpriced. 

So we built him a drum.

drum001
No. 001: The drum that started it all.​

 

The drum was a hit, and after Aaron earned a spot in Mr. Abel's studio at Temple University in Philadelphia, his studio mates started asking where they could get one of their own.

So we built more drums.

After building a few more for friends, we thought, "so, what else can we make?"

And after several years of research and design, we finally launched our first stick and mallet line.

original lineup
The original lineup.

 

When we started Artifact, we wanted to change something.

We were tired of overpriced gear that just wasn't that great.

And we were especially tired of the perception that small business and handmade had to mean "excessively expensive" and "made for professionals."

We knew that it was possible to make the best quality gear out there and to be able to offer it at a fair and reasonable price. And we're doing it.