Photo Gallery





FOUR GREAT ARTISTS AT THE PJLA NAMM BOOTH WHO ENTHUSIASTICALLY PLAYED/DEMONSTRATED DAKOTA SAXES AND PHAETON TRUMPETS DURING THIS DYNAMIC SHOW: DEON YATES, RICHARD ELLIOT, WAYNE COBHAM & SKINNY WILLIAMS.



Wayne Cobham and Pete LaPlaca join Larry Linkin in a photo at NAMM/ANAHEIM. Larry is former long presiding NAMM President...now retired. Pete & Larry were marketing executives together at G. Leblanc Corp and CMI in the 1960's



Pete LaPlaca and Richard Elliot join Sam Most (center) for a special photo celebrating their get-together at NAMM/ANAHEIM. Sam Most is a legendary Flute Jazz artist from the late '50's through today. Sam was the first Jazz Flute performer to establish the Flute as a solid member of many Jazz Groups.

















ERNIE WATTS...famous US Jazz Sax artist...had glowing comments about his Sax Dakota Straight Tenor experience, which he shared with Pete at NAMM/ANAHEIM



Billy Cobham, Pete and Wayne Cobham at NAMM 2011



CLAUDIO RODITI playing our Phaeton PHT-3000 Pocket trumpet at a recent performance event at Chicago's famous Jazz Showcase venue.



Pete & Arturo Sandoval at ITG





Pete and Ray Monteiro, lead/star trumpet player with NBC Tonight Show band
 
Arturo, Doc & Claudio at ITG



Pete and Tom Politzer of 'Tower of Power' together at NAMM



These star players love Phaeton & Sax Dakota
 
Pete & Doc Severinsen at ITG



Pete and Doc Severinsen at NBC Tonight Show,
NYC-1967

Manny's Music
48th Street Circa 1965


Pete and Joe Lovano - Ravinia Jazz Festival
Pete and Contra Basso Sax in Milan



Pete and Richard Elliot Back Stage - Navy Pier - Chicago