180th anniversary Limited edition models. Our showrooms website Welcome to our world. Besson Brass Instruments Built For Performance. In 1957, Couesnon bought the French company Fontaine Besson. In London, at the same time, Boosey & Co and Hawkes & Sons of England merged to create the group Boosey & Hawkes. At the end of the nineteenth century (1894), the Besson factory of London employed 131 workers, producing 100 brass instruments a.

Finish: raw brass This unusual design incorportes four piston valves as an F/Bb 'double' horn. The horn stands in F while depressing the thumb valve places it in Bb as on a standard double horn. There is, however, only one set of valve tuning slides and they are of proper length for the F horn. Zee Tv Serial Tone Qubool Hai here.

The thumb piston merely bypasses a section of tubing (including an auxiliary F tuning slice) to raise the horn to Bb. Thus the standard Bb fingerings are substantially flat due to the length of the valve slides. Some adjustment can be accomplished by using the F tuning slide to either bring the open Bb or the valved Bb notes (but not both) more nearly in tune with the F side. This horn is similar in design to the compensating double in another collection. Precalculus Barnett Ziegler Byleen Sobecki 7th Edition Pdf more. References Contents of this site and all original photographs copyright 2000-2005, Richard J. Martz All rights reserved.

Click to expand.I remember seeing one site saying that the White Company (having nothing to do with Besson) recycled serial numbers after a certain date, so that you could actually have several trumpets from across the decades with identical serial numbers. If the people who make Besson have done the same thing, then that would certainly throw a monkey wrench into the dating I mentioned. As far as who makes what, I had no idea Kanstul made Besson for North America. I even saw one eBay seller claiming that the Holton T606 was made by Yamaha, although Holtons are usually made by Conn-Selmer. Do you ever get the feeling that the manufacturers are trying to mess with our minds? Right on guys, thanks for the interest.

The mouthpiece is stamped 'Made in England' and there was a bottle of valve oil in the case labled BESSON LONDON. The only markings on the trumpet that I can find are BESSON and what looks like initials FB or just a very fancy B. The valves are stamped 1, 2 and 3.

And of course the serial number is stamped on the middle valve. The case is hard plastic with a gold coloured tag marked BESSON. I don't know if that makes any difference in the identification. Thanks again. Click to expand.I've found the same type horn: absolutely no markings on it other than 'F.

Besson' atop the bell and a serial number of '337XXX' on the second valve. It's lacquer with nickel slides and has a 1st valve saddle and a 3rd vale removable throw ring. The lacquer is original, so I'm certain no other identifying marks could have been buffed out. It looks closest to the photos I've seen of the 609 model, but I'm confused because there's no USA or Kanstul stamp anywhere on it.