Tapadum opened in a converted barn in Brisighella in 2014. Eleven years later, we work with 26 master luthiers across Turkey, Iran, Egypt and Italy. We've delivered nearly 2,500 hand-tuned instruments to musicians in 47 countries.
We do three things, and we try to do them well: meet the makers, set up the instruments, and ship them out so they arrive playable.
Lorenzo and Sara open the first workshop after a six-month trip across Anatolia and the Caucasus. The first product was a single Turkish oud they couldn't find at home.
Direct partnerships signed with Yildirim in Istanbul and Hamid in Tehran — no middlemen, signed instruments, fixed margins.
Our first in-house instrument — a steel handpan tuned in our atelier. 600 units shipped in the first year.
The network now spans Turkey, Iran, Egypt, Greece and Italy. Nearly 2,500 instruments delivered worldwide.