French Besson Meha Trumpet from 1940's
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- čas přidán 15. 08. 2024
- Besson Meha and Brevete were the first modern trumpets and like a prototype for current horns. In this video I'll present one great specimen and tell a little about it's history. There is also a playing sample.
00:00 Introduction and Besson history
01:48 Besson Meha details
02:56 Test playing
03:59 Outro - Hudba
Beautiful sound. Thank you for the informative history of Besson.
Thank you!
That horn sounds great.
Wonderful sounding trumpet!
When you played "Misty" to demo the sound of this beautiful Besson, it was very enjoyable! I OWNED a Meha French Besson for many years -- UNTIL -- I lost it somewhere during years I was single in my early 20's, renting rooms in various homes in the San Jose, CA area. I still have the transaction sale receipt with a serial number of 93412. If anyone has this trumpet, it's very sentimental to me. *Timo -- would you know its age from the serial number? Thanks for your interest in fine trumpets and taking time to demo them!
Thanks! I think 93xxx serial number range is post-war, anyway should be somewhere in 1940's.
@@timyllym Thanks for your CZcams channel and for your care and passion of good trumpets and their history! Interesting! I'm just heartsick over losing that invaluable French Besson! Timo, what city/country are you coming from? When did you start playing trumpet? I was eight and played in children's and youth orchestras starting in Los Angeles County schools with great Music Educators like Ralph Matesky!
I live in Finland and started to play trumpet around same age as you.
@@timyllym And my friend, you have a very lovely tone, play so nicely -- AND I loved your version of "Misty!" When talking about that particular Besson, you mentioned a lacquer issue. Mine too had lacquer that disappeared due to perspiration and just constant use. I have some recordings of me playing solos and in concert band in 1969. Prior to that my Dad did pay for me to get it re-lacquered. I found out something about the original owner of my very Meha! It was a Burt Herrick who is credited with creating and marketing some unique custom made mouthpieces. The famous studio trumpet player Bud Brisbois used one (his high notes are featured on the James Bond soundtrack and theme song "Casino Royale.") One of Burt's teachers was Miss Jane Sager who was a famous teacher and performer in Los Angeles and a member of a famed all women orchestra.
My grandfather is Michael Mosiello. I have his trumpet, I believe it was his practice trumpet.. What can you tell me about this trumpet? MEHA depose 89659
Hi, it's probably a pre-war instrument.
Where can I email you photos of it?
Wrong Wrong, recent discoveries prove the old serial number lists wrong, if the horn has a serial number before 95xxx, it is late 30s prewar.
Is it really so? Would like to get the source of it. I have two Besson which is 97xxx, 98xxx which I was assuming it’s from postwar, yet a lot of parts are common with those of prewars which made me wonder a lot. Can you maybe post a link? Thank you.
@@keitpstc375 It could have been assembled after the war from parts made before such things were done in many factories of brass instruments. Not many horn were built during the war unless for military contracts and brass were scarce so production shut down almost and when the war was over anything that could be completed and sold were made. Besson would have noted the serialnumber in the books as produced and sold at the correct time but still. As you might also know Boosey and Hawkes bought the whole Besson factory and moved people to London families and all of the workers so almost all Besson trumpets later were built there and they moved the records of manufacture also AND THEY BURNED IN THE FIRE in the 70's so many record of both Besson and Boosey and Hawkes are missing today.