| Toots,
Thanks for sharing that. It's one of those things that makes you want to throw heavy objects at people. My first real Tuba was a BBb Besson New Standard compensator and that instrument is in daily use (not with myself though!!) even to this day and hasn't missed a beat and still sounds better than it's more modern competition. My main cornet is a 1968 Besson International that plays the pants off everything else I've tried so far. When I was playing regularly in brass bands B&H instruments were the benchmark because they were great instruments and everybody from the 3rd cornet to the eupho player wanted one (OK, maybe not the soprano player). How can a company go from that to this other than through mind numbing incompetence?
Regards,
Trevor |