that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . october 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message latin percussion type subsidiary founded 1964 ; 52 years ago 1964 new york new york founder martin cohen headquarters garfield new jersey usa area served worldwide products percussion instruments parent drum workshop website lpmusic.com external video oral history martin cohen talks about his company and product testing by recording artists performing with the products . interview date january 22 2006 namm national association of music merchants oral history library a pair of latin percussion conga drums . latin percussion also known as lp is a brand of percussion instruments specializing in ethnic instruments engineered and manufactured to withstand the rigors of use in a drum kit orchestral percussion section and similar applications . this re engineering often involves not only greater and consistent durability but also changes to the sound to enable the instrument to be played at a suitable volume without losing the distinctive feel of its sound . contents 1 history 2 product line 3 company information 3.1 awards 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit lp was founded in new york city in 1964 by martin cohen following his difficulty in obtaining instruments for his own use partly because of restrictions then in place on imports of cuban goods following the cuban missile crisis of 1962 . unable to buy congas bongos and similar instruments of the quality he saw other performers using he manufactured his own . after much trial and error he produced acceptable results and found a ready market for such instruments . as the company expanded it added imported lines to its catalog and also became an exporter . product line edit lp pioneered the use of many ethnic based instruments for wider musical uses and continues to be a leading innovator in this area . they are particularly known for their revolutionary plastic jam blocks standard wood blocks durable granite blocks which is a modern version of the age old temple blocks claves cajons congas bongos udu drums tambourines maracas one shot shakers vibraslaps afuche cabasas g iros g iras and agogo bells and their cowbells and jam tambs which is a modified tambourine used in drum kits . some of their discontinued china cymbals are now highly sought after . citation needed their drumset division cp or cosmic percussion and ascend saw success in the 1980s and 90s producing mostly entry level instruments and some intermediate to professional grade instruments in taiwan . there is little to no information on the models that were produced by them but some catalogs that were printed still exist . company information edit in 2002 lp was purchased by kaman music corporation and operates as its independent subsidiary within kaman s music distribution segment . 1 in 2014 lp was purchased by drum workshop 2 awards edit in 2001 martin cohen received a special recognition award from the international latin music hall of fame for his contributions during nearly 40 years in music industry . 3 see also edit music portal world music references edit kaman corp. acquires latin percussion inc. . phx.corporate ir.net . 2002 10 21 . retrieved 2012 06 23 . http www.moderndrummer.com site 2015 01 drum workshop purchases latin percussion toca percussion gretsch drums gibraltar hardware kat percussion fenders kmc subsidiary . vr19e5vfd4y lp s martin cohen honored by intl. latin music hall of fame music trades july 2001 external links edit lp home page about lp retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title latin percussion company & oldid 742752030 categories percussion instrument manufacturing companieshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from october 2014all articles with a promotional toneall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 15 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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