Hello all!
I am currently looking to upgrade and buy a new compensating horn. I've played on the same non-compensating horn for the past 9 years. I have been to a couple of horn expos, two at SERTEC regional conferences in Jacksonville, Florida and in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and one at ITEC in Bloomington, Indiana this past May. I have played the Besson 968 Sovereign at all three expos, finding it to be a fantastic horn all around. I have recently come across someone selling a 968 Sovereign from 1993 at an extremely decent price. The horn looks to be in fantastic condition as well. The problem is- the guy is a little too far away for me to make a trip just to play the horn myself.
My question is this- Has the 968 model changed in the 22-ish years since this 1993 model was made? I'm seriously considering buying this horn and I want to make sure that there haven't been any major upgrades made to the horn since then, as I have only played the most recently made 968 models.
Thanks guys!