Dirt-cheap Besson

[mshores]

Is this a 3 valve compensator?

[arpthark]

Based on how the third valve tubing routes back through the first valve, yes.

[iiipopes]

The arching leg of the 3rd valve circuit is how you can tell it is a 3-valve comp. 4-valve comps and non-comps don't have the 3rd valve circuit arching over back to the 1st valve for the comp loops (4-valve comps do it with the 4th valve, not the third, which has a straight up and down 3rd circuit like the non-comps, and non-comps are just that - non-comp with the longer straight up and down circuit.)

[hup_d_dup]

While on the topic of dirt-cheap Bessons, this looks like a pretty good price for silver plated trumpet, even though it's a student model:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Besson-1000L-2- ... 1910567485" target="_blank

Headline says 'mint,' text says 'brand new.'

Hup

[iiipopes]

I always get Blesson and Bessing confused.

When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed,
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
count them, name them one by one.