I'm always interested in trades as long as I can make a profit on them.īesson “Fabrication' is the Rapuano M bore.the same horn sold in Europe would have been stamped Meha. The Rapuana version are usually medium bore, but this one is ML (.460'). The large bore (.468') MEHA didn't appear until after WWII. Read this correspondence I once had with Robb about this very matter: …What you might have heard is that the LARGE BORE Meha didn't appear until after WWII which is true. “…I think you (?) may be wrong here for this is a horn Robb has had for sale on his site for a while: So to split hairs, there is no such animal as a “Pre-War Original French Besson Meha'…” is either a trumpet built during the War in the states using imported Besson parts which was occurring in NY during the Nazi occupation of France between ' 43 and '47 (There was a ban on any French goods during the German occupation of France, but French repair parts for pre-war French goods were authorized by the state department as necessary) or a Besson Brevete' that had the original bell replaced with a ' Meha ' bell. “Meha ' was the name of Madame Besson's granddaughter and that is how and who the model was named after.
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460 bore Besson being the French Besson Brevete' ) were developed right after World War II around '48 and started around the magic 92,000 serial number point.
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“…On very good authority by the late Hal Oringer, Besson Brass Expert, Dave Rodgers, NY Trpt Pro and avid Besson collector and Robb Stewart, brass Restoration specialist out of Los Angeles, there is no such animal as a pre-war Meha. Always wondered what happened to them.probably still in the basement, somewhere.” I used to visit Mario Marcone, who worked at Bruno & Sons and inherited all the Besson bells, pipes and pistons when importation ended. Ren Schilke once showed me his collection in the old shop, and let me honk away on a few.although I had played on them previously, Ren had some of the best, in perfect condition as well. The earlier serial number Brevette, Meha and Fabrication Meha, however, inspired Bach, Schilke and Benge. Many leaked and were almost not useable out of the box. The Brevette Bessons u see floating around today in the 90,000 serial number range are horns put together either during or following the war, and are very inconsistent, especially in the valve casing.
The large bore Meha Bessons are almost all, if not all, post 2nd world war horns. They were used for a time in recording situations when one mic was hung in front of an orchestra. These were small bore horns.and were called 'Rapwana' or something that sounded like that. They were ML instruments, with the exception of one specific model Meha, named for the exporter and characterized by a long third valve slide. “…The earlier Besson Meha trumpets were not, large bore instruments.
Desde já o muito obrigado aos responsáveis por tal). Conjunto de informações e opiniões minimamente credíveis, de modelos de trompete mais marcantes da história recente: Besson MEHA e Besson Brevette (recolha efetuada em diferentes Links durante alguns anos e apenas como fim informativo.