I got a Prestige in the early 2000's that replaced a Hirsbrunner (oh what a mistake I made unloading the Hirsbrunner) and if 10 of these Besson Prestige horns (mine included) had been sent to someone to rate from 1-10 (1 being best), I got the horn rated at about 35. It was a true, bonafide lemon in every sense of the word. Then again, I had a frosted finished Besson around 1970 that was a sweetheart of a horn, and a few in the U.S. Army Band that were nice, so go figure. I did get another Prestige later on that was a nice horn. Then a Yamaha 842, then a Miraphone M5050, then a Wessex Dolce, then an Adams E3. The beat goes on, the beat goes on (put to music)…. But the Adams is a keeper.
John Morgan
The U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) 1971-1976
Adams E3 Custom Series Euphonium, Wessex EP-100 Dolce Euphonium, 1956 B&H Imperial Euphonium
Adams TB1 Tenor Trombone, Yamaha YBL-822G Bass Trombone
Wessex TE-360 Bombino Eb Tuba
Rapid City New Horizons & Municipal Bands (Euphonium)
Black Hills Symphony Orchestra (Bass Trombone), Powder River Symphony, Gillette, WY (Tenor Trombone)
Black Hills Brass Quintet (Tuba)
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