Best Sounding Trumpet Ever?! 1940 Besson Trumpet - Trent Austin's Personal Collection Show and Tell

Best sounding trumpet ever?! Best sounding trumpet in my personal collection for sure! This is one I will never sell, a 1940 Besson Brevete with a few modifications (and a bunch of patches).

I bought this horn online and it was absolutely trashed. My dear friend Josh Landress did a great job restoring this horn for me. Check out his shop page here: https://www.jlandressbrass.com/

There's basically zero compression even though the valves look pretty great. I specifically asked Josh not to rebuild the valves because I wanted to maintain the beautiful sound of this horn. That does come at the expense of playability, though. I have to work so much harder to play this horn than with my brand new Adams horns or my rebuilt Olds Super Recordings. Best sounding horn I own, but sadly not the one I can be taking to gigs.

Why not just buy another Besson Brevete and restore the valves? I actually tried that (with a very close serial number) and it just wasn't the same.

Everyone tried to copy Besson designs. Bach, Benge, King Liberty... If you find one of these great Bessons IMO it's a great horn to have in your collection even if it's not the best playing instrument.

We do have a TON of great vintage trumpets available on the web store at https://www.austincustombrass.biz/pre...

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