I'm not going to parse the variations that were offered in the early years, but point out the differences in these two, which at first appear very similar. Most early Besson cornets that we do see are more like these two Modeles Francais (French Models). I feature one of Niles Eldredge's examples with Stoelzel valves on my restoration pages and a previously unknown model with rotary valves has only just surfaced very recently. By the late nineteenth century there were just two dominant models of Bb cornets that retained their popularity for about five decades, but there were a number of short lived models (at least some of them patented) that lead up to those. Most brass instrument fans aren't familiar with the earliest Besson cornets. The nickel plated cornet (plating is not original) is the earliest Besson in my collection, which I have always wanted to restore, but always has lower priority with other projects. I just finished restoring the brass cornet shown here for Tom Meacham, making this a good time to feature two early cornets made by Besson in Paris.
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