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Benito Tito

Benito Tito, known to his friends as Tito Peru is an expert at crafting traditional Peruvian musical instruments. This craft is a family legacy, which Tito had left on the side for several years, until 1998 when he decided to return to his roots.

He uses a variety of natural materials to make the different instruments, including bamboo reeds, Castilian cane and goat skin. Every instrument he makes is hand-crafted with rustic tools. Among the instruments he creates are the zampoña and quena flutes, antara, roncadora, tamasca tambourines, taymuro, and cane ocarinas.

Tito is very keen about preserving Peru's music tradition, which is why he now teaches his craft to his own children as well as nephews. One of his goals is to equip his workshop with more modern tools so he can make more instruments to sell, and thus be able to provide for his family as well as send his five children to college.

Tito says, proudly, "I had abandoned this craft for some time, and when I decided to take it up again the first trials resulted in a great waste of material. Eventually it all came back to me and my skills improved so I can say to you, with all assurance, that I am very good at what I do."