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About Colin Murray
Expertise
I can answer about trombone equipment (instruments, mouthpieces, used horns, etc) and trombone (especially bass trombone) playing. If I don't know right away, I have an extensive network of experts to call on. I can't help you get a date.

Experience
25 years as professional bass trombonist (playing in big bands,orchestras, theatre, etc), 20 years as brass repair technician and retail and wholesale sales. Bass trombone instructor at Humber College, Toronto. Creator of website www.mrequipment.net - all about brass and woodwind gear and the people behind it.

Organizations
National Association of Music Merchants, American Federation of Musicians, International Trombone Association

Education/Credentials
B.Mus, L.Mus (Performance) McGill University, Montreal

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Trombone - serial number trombone

Expert: Colin Murray - 10/30/2009

Question
Hello Mr. Murray,

My name is Danielle, I'm from the netherlands.
I have a trombone and i'm trying to find out it's history.
I was hoping you can help me?
It says on the horn:

F. Besson
Prevete
sgdg
Paris
*
66 hautes recompenses
6 grand prix
hors concours
membre du jury
made in france
96577

This trombone has such a different way of putting the horn and the other part together, i have never seen that with other trombones.
I hope you can tell me more about this one.

Hope to hear from you soon.

With kind regards
Danielle Jansen

Answer
Hi Danielle,

According to one list I looked at, your trombone was made around 1911. I found another on this site: http://www.horn-u-copia.net/cgi-bin/yabb231/YaBB.pl?num=1109296936 and the owner is in Hilversum, so perhaps you can contact them to get more information.

Good luck,
Colin Murray

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