About us
We are a family business dedicated to the sale of replicas of pre-Hispanic musical instruments through e-commerce. Based on Andean archaeomusicology research, we offer handmade musical pieces made with passion, effort and dedication by the artist José Vitancio Umeres. With a special attention and a deep identification with Peruvian cultures, we seek to revalue the ancestral knowledge and music of Pre-Columbian Peru.
Our mission
Research, reproduce, interpret and commercialize replicas of pre-Hispanic musical instruments to revalue our ancestral music.
Our vision
In the coming years, our company must reach international markets with quality products.
Our values
Product quality
Responsibility to customers
Purchase security
On-time delivery
Jose Vitancio
I am from Cusco, graduated in Administration and International Business, musician specialist in flute, Quechua ethnomusicologist recognized by the National University San Antonio Abad of Cusco and executive director of this company. For more than 20 years I have been studying the musical instruments of ancient Andean cultures such as Chavín, Paracas, Vicús, Virú, Moche, Nazca, Sicán, Chincha, Chancay, Chimú and Inca to replicate them; based on the research of outstanding archaeomusicologists and researchers such as Raoul D'Harcourt, César Bolaños, Isabel Aretz and Ellen Hickmann.
Replicas
The replicas presented here emit sounds from different times and cultures for festive, ceremonial, agricultural and war occasions. The reproductions allow to know the authentic sound of each instrument, in order to classify them in aerophones, sonorous hydraulics, membranophones and ideophones.
Satisfied customers
Over the years, our domestic and foreign customers have been satisfied and surprised by the quality and sound of our replicas of pre-Columbian musical instruments.
Our exhibitions
We have been making temporary exhibitions and objective demonstrations with our pre-Hispanic musical instruments for 20 years.
June 2004: Regional Historical Museum of Cusco, Cusco.
August 2004: Machu Picchu Cultural Center, Machu Picchu Town
September 2004: Inka Museum, Cusco
September 2005: Ethnographic Museum of Ollantaytambo, Ollantaytambo
May 2006: Regional Historical Museum of Cusco, Cusco
July 2006: Museum of Andean Sanctuaries, Arequipa
June 2007: Museum of the Convent of Santo Domingo - Qorikancha, Cusco
June 2008: Museum of the Convent of Santo Domingo - Qorikancha, Cusco
August 2009: Machu Picchu Cultural Center, Machu Picchu Town
December 2010 - present: Inka Museum, Cusco
August 2012 - 2020: Machu Picchu Museum - Casa Concha, Cusco
July 2022: Museum of the Convent of Santo Domingo - Qorikancha, Cusco
June 2023: Regional Historical Museum of Cusco, Cusco
October 2023: Museum of the Convent of Santo Domingo - Qorikancha, Cusco
December 2023 - January 2024: Museum of Contemporary Art of Cusco, Cusco
March - April 2024: Museum of Contemporary Art of Cusco, Cusco, Cusco
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Discover the music of ancient Peru through our replicas of pre-Hispanic musical instruments.