In date order, lists date, generator, instrument, part no, description, pitch, job card and quantity, 11 Mar 1948-25 Oct 1954.
This covers the period from March 1948, when manufacture of Besson branded instruments moved from the old Stanhope Place factory to the Boosey & Hawkes plant at Edgware, up to October 1954 when the Besson serial number sequence was discontinued and instrument stamped with the Besson name were given serial numbers in the Boosey & Hawkes sequence. It was from this time that distinct B&H and Besson models were replaced by common models. For example, a "Besson" Westminster model trombone of the 1960s differed only in engraving from the B & H Regent model.
Includes mention of "Desideratum" cornets.
Valved instruments: serial numbers 135118 – 146292, 11 Mar 1948 25 Oct 1954. Trombones: serial numbers 15083 – 17207, 11 Mar 1948 13 Oct 1954.
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Photograph showing Miles Tomalin playing recorder in a musical ensemble
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Slide of a itinerant monk near Nikka Chu (bridge) between Thimpu and Thongsa
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