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Questions for Besson lovers
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:21 pm
by sousaphone68
I found a video today on YouTube uploaded in 2012 of a factory tour of Bessons factory the description in German says Stephen Mead and Roger Webster were touring the factory in Croxley Green.
Two things jumped out at me at the 2.40 mark there is a sousaphone under construction and I thought the factory closed and moved before 2012,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PuLxTJr ... ata_player" target="_blank
So my questions are when did the factory move and where did it go?
Do Besson still make sousaphones?
Re: Questions for Besson lovers
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:51 pm
by iiipopes
http://www.horn-u-copia.net/serial/Bessonlist.html" target="_blank
At the bottom is an explanation. The factory that closed was the venerable Edgeware Road factory at the time Besson filed bankruptcy.
Re: Questions for Besson lovers
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 5:11 pm
by sousaphone68
Thanks for the link.
So the video must be pre 2005 then.
Anybody know anything about the sousaphone?
Re: Questions for Besson lovers
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 6:31 am
by bububassboner
sousaphone68 wrote:Thanks for the link.
So the video must be pre 2005 then.
Anybody know anything about the sousaphone?
Seems a decent amount of factories here are very willing to restore and customize horns that they didn't make. Alexander is doing that right now for me with my B&S f tuba. Could explain the Sousa
Re: Questions for Besson lovers
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 7:19 am
by imperialbari
sousaphone68 wrote:Do Besson still make sousaphones?
As I read
http://www.besson.com
Besson does no longer make sousaphones.
Klaus
Re: Questions for Besson lovers
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 12:05 pm
by butch
Could it be a Boosey & Hawkes sousaphone? At the beginning of the video you see their name above the entry. Do they produce sousaphones?
I sent an email to the company that filmed that visit. (A swiss instrument seller.) Let's see what they can say about their visit and the sousaphone.
Regards
Butch
Re: Questions for Besson lovers
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 1:34 pm
by imperialbari
butch wrote:Could it be a Boosey & Hawkes sousaphone? ..... Do they produce sousaphones?
Regards
Butch
What does the site of the B&H instrument-making-deparment say?
Re: Questions for Besson lovers
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 8:01 pm
by TUbajohn20J
Definitely an Eb sousaphone. And it does look kind of old.
Re: Questions for Besson lovers
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 8:02 pm
by TUbajohn20J
But, at 3:05 there is a new sousaphone bell..so who knows?
Re: Questions for Besson lovers
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 4:09 pm
by sousaphone68
butch wrote:Could it be a Boosey & Hawkes sousaphone? At the beginning of the video you see their name above the entry. Do they produce sousaphones?
I sent an email to the company that filmed that visit. (A swiss instrument seller.) Let's see what they can say about their visit and the sousaphone.
Regards
Butch
Any reply to your email?