![]() ![]() I hope to take this horn with me next year (not this year) to Swansea. Lee has serviced the horn and it appears to be sound - no red rot or other problem that would preclude a restoration. ![]() Lee Stofer currently has the horn and is going to be restoring it over the next year, to include cutting it down a little bit (it consistently plays 40 cents flat for me). I bought the horn from my first sergeant who himself had purchased the horn from a euph player in the Royal Fusiliers in 1968. With it, I was able to date a Boosey & Co. According to this list, your horn was manufactured in 1957. It is a very extensive research and covers dates and numbers not covered in the Saxworks list, but it takes some work to dig through. ![]() These archives and the historical instrument collection were turned over to the Horniman Museum of London in 2003. This continued until the demise of Besson in 2005 and its ultimate re-emergence under Buffet-Crampon with manufacturing in a different facility (using different tooling) in Markneukirchen. At that point, manufacture of parts was moved to Markneukirchen, Germany while assembly took place in Watford, UK. This list is based on searches of the archives of the Besson/Boosey & Hawkes Edgware factory when it was shut down in 2001 by the acquisition of the Besson manufacturing from Boosey & Hawkes by the The Music Group. ![]() Besson & Co Prototype 198 Euston Road London England. Date Distin & Co was owned by Boosey and Company, but continued trading. Serial numbers are widely used in dating instruments, in some cases very precisely. Here is another list of Besson Serial numbers from the Horniman Museum. (Information on Besson, Boosey, Kohler, Rudall Carte and Sax. ![]()
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