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The serial number suggests that the instrument was made outside the period covered by the Besson stock books, i.e. after 1895. Dr Bradley Strauchen has suggested a date of c.1915.
- Date:
circa 1915 - Maker:
Besson & Co [Corporation] - Collection:
Royal College of Music Museum - Inventory number:
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London
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on bell: "CLASS / A’; ‘[?50] MEDALS OF HONOUR [within banner] / [monogram, indecipherable] / ‘BESSON & CO / [Pro]totype / 1[98] EUSTON ROAD / LONDON / ENGLAND / [star]"
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- Repository:Royal College of Music Museum
- Measurements:Length: 457mm