Left side of Adolphe Sax instrument, serial number 10504, early. Besson (Boosey and Hawkes) Serial Number List 1974. that appears on both French and English Besson instruments from the late nineteenth.

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Facebook stopped working in Internet Explorer.apparently complete Besson cornet Stock Book Oct 1889 - Oct 1891. Origin of the Hymn Dear Lord and Father of Mankind Front cover, 17556-67 (on page 1), initial signatures/pages missing 14396-1561-44 apparently missing (14 numbers 2 sides) Besson ‘Cornets No.The reason for ranges overlapping the years is that serial numbers were assigned when instruments were ordered by dealers and before manufacturing. * The factory serial number books for 1986-1988 have been lost. We are almost certain this trumpet has been relacquered, but it remains in excellent playing shape. Due to the difficulty of pinning down Besson serial numbers, this could be off by a few years at most. 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 a document compiled by the Horniman Museum: As near as we can tell, this particular horn was made right around the start of the war. Serial numbers are in the format 928-817061.

This chart is primarily intended to help with the identification of Sovereign Cornets but will help with Identifying other Boosey and Hawkes made brass instruments.

F. besson serial numbers