5, RUE MAURICE BERTEAUX - 78711 MANTES-LA-VILLE - FRANCE. Instruments Baritones Cornets Euphoniums Tenor Horns. The Brasswind Production of Marthe Besson’s London. 5 in serial number order. Besson cornet Stock. The production and sales of euphoniums. It's a 4 valve, satin silver, compensating Besson Euphonium. The serial number is in the 47xxxx range. The bell is 11'. From the serial number. >Instruments >Euphoniums >Prestige 2051 / 2052. The sheer number of. The bell size is the only difference between the 2051 and 2052 but at Besson we.

This chart is primarily intended to help with the identification of but will help with Identifying other Boosey and Hawkes made brass instruments. Serial numbers are in the format 928-817061.

The first part represents the model number (in this case 928 which is a cornet) and the second part the consecutive serial number which you can look up in this list taken from: Year Start End 1974 517 1975 512 1976 552 1977 513 1978 618 1979 623 1980 668 1981 600 1982 619 1983 699 1984 754 1985 749 1986 737750 unknown* 1987 unknown* unknown* 1988 unknown* 7 714 1990 756 1991 785 1992 724 1993 744 1994 873 1995 873 1996 892 1997 804 1998 812 1999 818 2000 838 2001 818 2002 808 * The factory serial number books for 1986-1988 have been lost. The reason for ranges overlapping the years is that serial numbers were assigned when instruments were ordered by dealers and before manufacturing.

I have a Besson trumpet stamped 609. It has nothing but the logo and BESSON stamped near the bell. It has an odd serial number on the back of the #2 valve A00022 (unlike any Besson serial numbers I've ever seen).

I'm guessing it to be 14 or 15 years old, but new in the original box and hard case. The box is labeled with London beneath the word Besson and Boosey & Hawkes below that. The Kanstul person said she didn't recognize the serial number as one of theirs. I know some were made in India, but they didn't come in hard cases. I'm trying to find out if any were made in London and if so, when?

BE 923-7 Medium Bore Sovereign, one of the last of this model that was manufactured. Freeware Lotto Wheeling Software Applications on this page. BE928-112369 This is a mystery as model 928 came out in 1984 but that serial number is from 1955. There are two possibilities: 1. It has been wrongly stamped (most likely) 2.

That serial number was on the books for some dealer or military order from 1955 that they only caught up with in 1984. (highly unlikely, but as the serial numbers relate to the order date, not the maufacture date anything is possible). Hello Henna, What I meant was that a 928 can be no older than 1984.