Tycoon Percussion builds hand percussion at its own factory in Thailand and has done since 1985. The instruments are made from regional hardwoods with hand assembly rather than assembled from bought-in parts, which is unusual at this point in the market and is the reason the range holds its tone and its tuning better than most instruments sitting alongside it. Tycoon is best known for its cajons, where the 29, 35 and Supremo series established the company with working players, but the reputation carries across the whole catalogue. The range covers the Afro-Cuban, Brazilian and orchestral percussion vocabulary in depth. Claves, two-tone wood blocks, aluminium and steel triangles, agogo bells, caxixi, guiros, tambourines, shakers and rattle claps sit alongside congas, bongos, timbales and the full cajon line. School percussion programs buy Tycoon because the instruments survive a cabinet full of students, worship percussion teams buy it because the voices are correct without being loud, and working Latin percussionists buy it because it sounds right on a stage.