Posted by David Carter on June 06, 2003 at 16:47:44:
In Reply to: Besson tubas posted by Gary Swart on June 06, 2003 at 14:10:45:
If you do a search on this site you will find a bunch. In a nutshell Besson E flats are great, although not everyone likes the compensating system (I love it!), Besson B flats work ok but are not as popular. Besson used to make a small F, again some loved it and some hated it, but it was made in small numbers, so is rare nowdays. Besson made some prototype Fs a couple of years ago, good sound poor intonation, so they were not put into mass production. Besson has made a few compensating CCs, but these are very rare, not many are looking for one. Currently Besson has a new non compensating CC that some players who have tried one of the prototypes say is very nice, but not yet available for sale.