Guys I have a question. I have a french besson Meha in the 94k range and I have been really inspecting the horn recently and I found these marks on the inner tubes of second valve slide. I think they may be manufacturing marks. Does anyone recognize them and thoughts and opinions would be appreciated.
Show and Tell. This is my French Besson Meha Sn 94093. It has a 11.8mm bore. It has the sleeve over sleeve valve casing and no 3rd slide water key. According to researchers like Josh Landress this indicates this horn was a pre-war Meha. It has been sitting in a case most of its life so it needs new felts and corks and a deep clean but after giving it a bath and greased the slides and oiled the valves it is playing great. The valves look great and when I do the pop test it gives a solid pop. Any comments is appreciated and I know the history of these are a big rabbit hole. Thanks!
Show and Tell!1923 London Besson Class A Prototype. This is a garage sale find. I took it home cleaned it up fresh valve oil and unstuck a few slides and it plays fantastic. Sn 117xxx puts it 1923. It is a medium large bore with a large bell flair and is also in low pitch. It also has a mechanism that changes the key from B flat to A which after a little oil works well too. All in all good find and rare horn for the history and specs.Enjoy and opinions appreciated.