I hope to take this horn with me next year (not this year) to Swansea. Lee has serviced the horn and it appears to be sound - no red rot or other problem that would preclude a restoration. Lee Stofer currently has the horn and is going to be restoring it over the next year, to include cutting it down a little bit (it consistently plays 40 cents flat for me). I bought the horn from my first sergeant who himself had purchased the horn from a euph player in the Royal Fusiliers in 1968. With it, I was able to date a Boosey & Co.
#Besson serial numbers serial number
Unfortunately they were out of production Serial Number 92652 circa. According to this list, your horn was manufactured in 1957.ĭougThank you for this information. These original French Besson trumpets are now collectors items, and command high prices.
Everything looks legit on the horn besides the SN, in fact it looks very nice at a great price point at the opening bid. It is a very extensive research and covers dates and numbers not covered in the Saxworks list, but it takes some work to dig through. A Kanstul Besson Meha trumpet is being offered on eBay that has a 6-digit serial number, which doesn’t jibe with any serial number that came out of Kanstul, to my knowledge. Some solder on the joint between 1st valve& shepherds crook, suggests there may have been a repair.
These archives and the historical instrument collection were turned over to the Horniman Museum of London in 2003. Vintage Bb Cornet& Case Manufactured by Besson Westminster model.Serial number 403086 in Low Pitch 1968 The general condition of the instrument is quite reasonable.But the plating is worn in places.Valves are free, as are the slides. This continued until the demise of Besson in 2005 and its ultimate re-emergence under Buffet-Crampon with manufacturing in a different facility (using different tooling) in Markneukirchen. At that point, manufacture of parts was moved to Markneukirchen, Germany while assembly took place in Watford, UK.
We currently manufacture or distribute several brands of wind. Unfortunately our serial numbering system and records were not set up for ease in locating this information. We have limited records available to us and we do our best to provide as accurate information as we have. This list is based on searches of the archives of the Besson/Boosey & Hawkes Edgware factory when it was shut down in 2001 by the acquisition of the Besson manufacturing from Boosey & Hawkes by the The Music Group. However our records are only available from 1964 to the present.
#Besson serial numbers serial numbers
Here is another list of Besson Serial numbers from the Horniman Museum. The Besson serial number sequence was continued up to October 1954, after which instruments stamped with the Besson name were given serial numbers in the Boosey. Nice used Besson 4 Valve(3+1) compensating euphonium.
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