PICTURES

USStuba04 · Post by **USStuba04** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 10:20 pm

any one have any pics of a besson 995...

just wondering

WoodSheddin · Post by **WoodSheddin** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 1:37 am

Oompah995 wrote:Does anyone know why the leadpipe on the 995 has a bend?

So the valve section is not at eye level.

JB · Post by JB » Sun Nov 28, 2004 7:50 pm

TubeNet wrote:
Oompah995 wrote:Does anyone know why the leadpipe on the 995 has a bend?

So the valve section is not at eye level.

Actually made me laugh aloud

Leland · Post by **Leland** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 9:28 pm

I am SO out of the loop, I've never seen a pic of that horn before.

My reaction: "Oh my God, that's a BESSON?!?"

WoodSheddin · Post by **WoodSheddin** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 10:12 pm

Leland wrote:My reaction: "Oh my God, that's a BESSON?!?"

Not really. It is a Nirschl 4/4 which Besson bought the rights to.

Leland · Post by **Leland** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:36 am

TubeNet wrote:
Leland wrote:My reaction: "Oh my God, that's a BESSON?!?"
Not really. It is a Nirschl 4/4 which Besson bought the rights to.

Ah, ok, a stencil horn. So to speak.

Still, that's not a shape that I would have ever expected to see in a Besson catalog.

Dylan King · Post by **Dylan King** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 2:09 am

Sure looks pretty.

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:05 am

PhilW. wrote:Is that just a 4/4? Looks to me like a CSO York copy. If not maybe a full-fledged 6/4, I would have guessed at least a 5/4. Does anyone know the price on one of these?

No, it's a 4/4. Tuba size is hard to determine when there is nothing to compare against.

Nirschl designed it in partnership with Boosey and Hawkes, and it's a little fuzzy in my mind his role in that organization (and I'm aware that his role has evolved over time). But my understanding is that it is made in Besson factories.

The price is reported to be more in line with Besson's usual price points than with Nirschl's.

Rick "who has heard mixed reports about the production examples" Denney