Re: Besson with recording bell


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Posted by Tabor on February 20, 2004 at 15:05:53:

In Reply to: Besson with recording bell posted by -jlb on February 18, 2004 at 14:57:57:

I was actually really surprised by an old bell-front BBb Besson recently. I'd always just thought of them as ugly. For being a 3-v model, this particular horn was surprisingly in tune. Also, it had a nice, full and clear sound that was easy to produce. This particular horn had been completely gone through and redone by a very talented brass repairperson/instrument builder, but the sound it produced was surprising to me and (in my opinion) better than many expensive new instruments.

If you can find a good one of these for a really good price, and you REALLY want the bell to fire up, you could take it to someone to do a conversion. If it were me, I'd keep the front facing bell. They're not trendy, but they are fun.


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