In date order, lists date, generator, instrument, part no, description, pitch, job card and quantity.
This covers the period from March 1948, when manufacture of Besson branded instruments moved from the old Stanhope Place factory to the Boosey & Hawkes plant at Edgware, up to October 1954 when the Besson serial number sequence was discontinued and instrument stamped with the Besson name were given serial numbers in the Boosey & Hawkes sequence. It was from this time that distinct B&H and Besson models were replaced by common models. For example, a "Besson" Westminster model trombone of the 1960s differed only in engraving from the B & H Regent model.
Includes mention of "Desideratum" cornets.
Valved instruments: serial numbers 135118-146292, 11 Mar 1948-25 Oct 1954. Trombones: serial numbers 15083-17207, 11 Mar 1948-13 Oct 1954.
Stamping Besson instrument book
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