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Originally Posted by Tootsall  The other consideration is that it "might" be a US-made horn in which case it will be stamped as such. If that is so, then contact the Kanstul factory at Welcome to Kanstul Musical Instruments since they had the licence to manufacture for Besson's North American market. |
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?
- morris