Description A band of sixth-graders playing musical instruments together for the first time is music to Jupiter Band Instruments' ears. A subsidiary of musical instrument maker K.H.S. Musical Instruments Co. of Taiwan, Jupiter Band Instruments is the US distributor for Jupiter brand woodwinds and brass instruments, including flutes, trumpets, saxophones, and trombones, Mapex Drums, and Majestic Percussion. The firm's target markets are primarily students participating in school music programs or music training centers. Jupiter Band Instruments operates its Ross Mallet Instruments subsidiary (a maker of chimes, bells, xylophones, and marimbas) in Wisconsin.