The Bel Cantos are hand made by Dick Akright in collaboration with trumpet legend Doc Severinsen. The Bel Canto is a close copy of the original NY era Bach trumpet. These are no longer made due to the high manufacturing cost. According to Dick Akright, Doc play tested each horn and none were released for sale until he was happy.
Doc Severinsen's review on the Bel Canto: “I started working closely with Dick Akright of Best Music in Oakland, California. We both knew what we were trying to do, but none of the companies would listen to us. I ask Dick to figure out how much it would cost to build a horn, and we decided to start making trumpets ourselves. I took a very old New York Bach to him and said I wanted the new horn to blow and look like that trumpet. That was the start of the Severinson-Akright Bel Canto Trumpets. We had a lot of fun with it. At first, we were going to get parts and put them together. We bought a few valve sections and other things, but we threw them right in the trashcan. We knew that we would have to do it ourselves. I had a few things that I insisted on for the horn. For the construction and weight of the valves, I wanted it to be like the old New York Bach. No one was doing that because it was too expensive and time consuming. Well, we did it, and it made a difference. Dick really came up with the leadpipe. It was an offshoot of the Bach 25 leadpipe. I wanted the bell to be like the old Bach too. The great thing about this horn is you can play anything on it. This business about a horn that does only one thing - I wasn’t brought up that way. You had one horn and you had to do it all on that ”.
This horn is used in great conditon and does not come with case.
