1950's Besson finger buttons
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bigboymusic
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1950's Besson finger buttons
late 50's E flat Besson - Love it! but the finger buttons have no pearl anymore. Can I buy new buttons that will fit or are there companies that make just the pearl?
Paul Weissenborn
St. Joseph Symphony Orchestra (MO)
Spirit of Independence Band
SJSO Quintet
Alex 163 CC
YEB 321S
St. Joseph Symphony Orchestra (MO)
Spirit of Independence Band
SJSO Quintet
Alex 163 CC
YEB 321S
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aqualung
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Re: 1950's Besson finger buttons
Oysters make the pearl.
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Mark Horne
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Re: 1950's Besson finger buttons
Companies that sell bead and jewelry making supplies (such as Fire Mountain) will sell natural pearl and abalone cabachons of various sizes. I once had a Willson tuba that lost a plastic pearl so I replaced them all with abalone. Looked much better and it cost under $20 for all four.
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IOS
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Re: 1950's Besson finger buttons
You can get new pearls or finger buttons here:
http://www.dawkes.co.uk/pearl+for+besso ... no=bbh2047" target="_blank
http://www.dawkes.co.uk/pearl+for+besso ... no=bbh2047" target="_blank