Antique Musical Instruments/Besson euphonium

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Expert: - 5/6/2009


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I have a student with a euphonium serial #A92530. We are wondering how old it is and anything else of interest you might know about it.

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The early Bessons had no such serial numbers, so I have to presume that it is of more recent vintage.

1997 saw the formation of a joint venture between Boosey & Hawkes and Nadirali Band Instruments in India giving rise to Boosey & Hawkes Pvt Ltd. A brand new factory was built in Gulauthi, near Delhi where manufacturing commenced and flourished resulting in the production of award winning instruments. This company is now known as Besson Musical Instruments Pvt Ltd.

In 2001, Boosey & Hawkes Musical Instruments Ltd. moved from Edgware to Watford with the component parts manufacture moving to Markneukirchen, Germany. In February 2003 Besson became part of The Music Group, a company formed to acquire the instrument manufacturing companies that were formerly part of the Boosey & Hawkes Group.

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Please note: My area is BRASS instruments, not other wind, string or percussion instruments. I will provide information on antique, obscure and out of production BRASS instruments. 1) Please don't ask for evaluations, I'll not provide them on this site. 2) I am often asked very similar questions, so I'd invite you to first check on Horn-u-Copia.net. Much of the information I have garnered about this topic, I have posted on this WEB site.

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I perform in several historical bands, have informally researched the area, repair brass instruments, and operate a Forum dedicated to the topic at http://horn-u-copia.net

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