Help needed to date an old trombone

[RUTHH]

Hello there,
I’ve inherited an old trombone from my grandad who died recently. I’ve no idea how old it was. Could anyone help? I’ve looked online at serial numbers but I can’t find the one that is on the trombone listed anywhere.
It is a Besson 35 serial number 358943 LP.
Thank you in advance!

[Halflip]

The second post in this thread from the "Trombone Chats" forum has some information about the Besson 35 trombone (but nothing very specific about age, other than that it's probably newer than 1948):

https://trombonechat.com/viewtopic.php?t=19209

Perhaps you could join that forum and post a reply to the thread asking about the age of your horn based on the serial number; maybe member "stewbones43" might be able to help.
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[RUTHH]

Thank you ever so much!

[Halflip]

I was looking at the "Horn-u-Copia" serial number list for Besson, and it said that, for English Bessons from 1954 on, use the Boosey & Hawkes list (they merged in 1948).

The Boosey and Hawkes list shows that instruments with serial numbers between 336763 and 360416 (inclusive) were made in 1962, so if that list is applicable to your trombone (that is, if your horn was made in England rather than France), then it was made in 1962.
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"He that plays the King shall be welcome . . . " (Hamlet Act II, Scene 2, Line 1416)

"He had no concept of the instrument. He was blowing into it." -- Virgil Starkwell's cello teacher in "Take the Money and Run"

[jrpbrass]

The "LP" is just to say that it plays in a modern Low Pitch. This was not standardized in the US until the mid-1920s and in England, some held out much longer.
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[RUTHH]

I really appreciate all your comments. Thank you.