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Value of a Besson Sousaphone?
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2024 10:37 am
by progers3414
Hi Folks,
Thanks for letting me join the group.
I'm in the UK and Sousaphone's are not as popular as in America . I have a sousaphone that I want to sell as its too heavy for me and I want to get a Fibreglass one.
I have not idea what sort of value it is and I hope that someone could give me a "Ball park" amount that I should be looking for. It has a few working dents!!
On the bell it has the following engraved...CLASS A COMPENSATOR BESSON & C0 "PROTOTYPE". 198 EUSTON ROAD LONDON.
Many thanks in advance for you thoughts.
Kind regards
Peter
Re: Value of a Besson Sousaphone?
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2024 10:50 am
by MiBrassFS
progers3414 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 24, 2024 10:37 am
Hi Folks,
Thanks for letting me join the group.
I'm in the UK and Sousaphone's are not as popular as in America . I have a sousaphone that I want to sell as its too heavy for me and I want to get a Fibreglass one.
I have not idea what sort of value it is and I hope that someone could give me a "Ball park" amount that I should be looking for. It has a few working dents!!
On the bell it has the following engraved...CLASS A
COMPENSATOR BESSON & C0 "PROTOTYPE". 198 EUSTON ROAD LONDON.
Many thanks in advance for you thoughts.
Kind regards
Peter
Please post a few pictures.
@bloke
Re: Value of a Besson Sousaphone?
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2024 9:33 am
by humBell
MiBrassFS wrote: ↑Sun Nov 24, 2024 10:50 am
progers3414 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 24, 2024 10:37 am
Hi Folks,
Thanks for letting me join the group.
I'm in the UK and Sousaphone's are not as popular as in America . I have a sousaphone that I want to sell as its too heavy for me and I want to get a Fibreglass one.
I have not idea what sort of value it is and I hope that someone could give me a "Ball park" amount that I should be looking for. It has a few working dents!!
On the bell it has the following engraved...CLASS A
COMPENSATOR BESSON & C0 "PROTOTYPE". 198 EUSTON ROAD LONDON.
Many thanks in advance for you thoughts.
Kind regards
Peter
Please post a few pictures.
@bloke
Add a few more pleases.
My limited experiense, the "compensator" i saw had a most unusual valve set.
Granted, it wasn't a sousa.
Not that i'll have any idea what it is worth. Or what it might sell for, which being heavy and a sousa, could be slow going?