Rödel made additions to his patent within a year and the following year and Gustave Besson patented another variation of the Périnet design in 1854. This valve assembly was certainly made by Rödel. Josh Landress and Niles Eldredge had the more likely guess that it abbreviates “Breveté Rödel. My best guess was "Brevete du Rois" because this was most likely made during the reign of Napoleon III. What can be clearly seen is "BR / Brevete", but it is unknown what the "BR" abbreviates. Unfortunately, it is a partial strike and may have some information missing. Also, when a valve was depressed, the air passage was still constricted within the piston and the design of the second valve is very much the same as Périnet.Īnother anomaly is the stamp on the second valve balluster. Interestingly, the valve design involves ports in the first and third pistons that make complete 180 degree turns as seen in seen in the third piston of Niles Eldredge's Stoelzel valve Besson cornet that was likely made several years later. This valve design was patented in Paris by Charles Edme Rödel in 1852 that specified air passages straight through the three valves, unlike in the earlier designs patented by Étienne François Périnet in 1839 and made in variations by most Paris makers including Besson. In his research, Josh was starting to make some sense of the cornets being sold by Pask & Koenig and then Pask & Besson in London that were marked in this way and was becoming convinced that these were also made by G. I was set straight by Josh Landress, confirming the number that he could see was original. There is a small "19" stamped on the mouthpipe shank receiver, that I originally thought might indicate that this was a replaced part, never having seen this on a Besson instrument before.
#Besson serial numbers serial numbers
On first examination, this cornet has no serial number and presumably predates the earliest known instruments that he stamped serial numbers on, in about the mid- to late 1850s.
Besson established his own shop in about 1842 and moved to 7 rue des 3 Couronnes in about 1845 and that is where this cornet was made. According to the Langwill index, Gustave Auguste Besson apprenticed with another Paris maker, Dujarez, of whom even less is known. In view of these facts, it is surprising how little we seem to know about Besson's earliest years of production. Also, Besson went on to design the modern trumpet. Most of us with more than a casual interest in brass instrument history would agree that Besson and Courtois were the two most important makers in the development of the French style cornet.
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