Instrument
Botti plays a Martin Committee large bore Handcraft trumpet made in 1939, and uses a No. 3 silver plated mouthpiece from Bach made in 1926, having recently retired his 1920 3C Bach mouthpiece. He uses a Leblanc Vacchiano Harmon mute from the 1950s.
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