For several years we have been working with Ravi Best to come up with a lightweight trumpet he could use in Broadway pits and in some commercial and big band situations where a brighter sound is needed. The problem in the past has been coming up with a design that is comfortable and an easy switch for Ravi, given that his main horn for 10+ years for small group jazz work has been the large, sheet-braced AJNA Bb that has much larger "targets" than any lead trumpet. Once a player gets used to the![]()
