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Originally Posted by TF Whitely  I have aquired a Besson trumpet and I'm trying to find some information on the model, year and value. The serial number is 319423. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks TF. |
The Web sites I looked at don't list such large serial numbers for Besson, apparently only giving serial numbers for "vintage" Bessons:
www.thebrassbow.com/Serial.html www.musictrader.com/besson.html Then a site said that perhaps I should be looking at serial numbers according to Boosey and Hawkes, owner of Besson after year such-and-such, so I went to this site which indicates that your trumpet was probably made circa 1960 (note that "brass" has its own column: Lars Kirmser's Music Trader - Boosey & Hawkes Serial Number List
This site also says that your serial number dates from very late 1960 since #
319805 dates from January 1961 ("From October 1954, instruments stamped with the "
Besson" name were given
serial numbers in the above
Boosey &
Hawkes sequence"):
Horniman Museum collections
Hope that helps.
- morris