Cajones since 1997

Valter Percussion was founded by musician and percussion designer/builder Valter Kinbom back in 1997. Valter and started to build instruments in his parents garage on Ekerö, Stockholm, Sweden. 

 A couple of years earlier he had left the drumkit playing for different percussions and other instruments and he dreamed of so many instruments that he couldn´t afford so he started to build them him self.

It turnd out quite successful - the second cajón was bought of one of the most famous percussionists in Sweden - Rafael Sida - and then the rumor started to spread.

Today - after ten years of cajón building and experimenting with different materials, dimentions , Valter knows how to make the boxes sound as he wants and how to make them as playable as only Valter Percuission Cajones are.

 Valter finishing his first set of batás 1998

Preparing a goat skin for one of the first djembes tourned at the work shop in Ekerö 1998

Since 2005 Valter Percussion Cajons are built in an old barn transformed into a modern carpentry workshop in the deep forests of Hälsingland in the north of Sweden, and the production is lead by master luthier Joel Jedström under strict control by Valter.

Valter Percussion instruments keeps surprizing professional percussionists all around the world because of their GREAT SOUND and playability and smart innovative solutions.

Today all our instruments are hand made by swedish craftsmen and luthiers in our workshop in the beautiful forests of Hälsingland, Sweden.