9/5/2023 0 Comments F. besson serial numbersThe lead pipe section is removable to change the key of the cornet no tuning shanks were present at the time of purchase nor was there a case or mouthpiece. ![]() The valves are Périnet piston valves, three of them (valves are in the standard configuration: whole step, half step, step and a half). BESSON/ BREVETÉE/198.EUSTON ROAD/LONDON/ (symbol- five pointed star). DUHEM/25 (image of medals) of honour/ FB (script)/F. The inscription on the bell of the cornet reads in 10 lines- Approuvé/Par/N. ![]() Both objects were wonderful summer finds, as I was then studying the trumpet with Mr. Along with the cornet was a copy of “The World’s Greatest Cornet Solos by Levy-Hartmann-Arban and other Eminent Composers” published by Oliver Ditson Company, Boston”. This instrument was found at a “yard sale” on Long Island, New York around 1970 by my mother. ![]() A sturdy un-lacquered brass cornet, it was one of my earliest “finds” for my collection of instruments. The Horn of the Month, September 2015, is a Bb cornet made by F.
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