Trumpet, B-flat, A
Maker
Besson & Co.
Distributor
Carl Fischer
Date1911-1912 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
ModelNew Creation
Serial No.93428
SignedStamped on bell: 6265 / NEW CREATION / 50 MEDALS OF HONOUR (in banners) / FB (monogram) / BESSON & CO / "Prototype" / 198 EUSTON ROAD / LONDON / ENGLAND / [five-pointed star] / CARL FISCHER / 6. 4TH Av. N.Y. / SOLE AGENT U. STATESStamped on valve casings: 27 26 25 / BESSON & CO. / [five-pointed star] / BREVETÉ / 93428
Stamped twice on bell side of rotary valve: Besson & Co / Brevete
Stamped on side of casing of rotary valve: BESSON & Co / BREVETES
On central piston valve: BESSON & Co / [five-pointed star] / BREVETE
MarkingsStamped above maker's signature: Exchanged For / NEW BUESCHER / ELKHART IND
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, burnished finish. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. Rotary change valve.
DimensionsHeight: 483 mm
Bell diameter: 122 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson. Catalog of the Nineteenth-Century British Brass Instruments In The Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments. Ph.D. Dissertation. Morgantown, West Virginia: West Virginia University, 1974, pp. 104-107.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00852
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