There are no dents to be found throughout the instrument, and very little wear on any of the instrument's finish. Its silver plate is beautiful and bright, and it was well-protected and well-maintained by its previous owner. This specific Besson C trumpet is a real beauty. So a Besson Meha by Kastul is the closest some trumpet players might get to an authentic French Besson instrument. Besson. He had a collection of authentic Besson parts from France and knew enough about the production of Besson trumpets where he could easily help them produce instruments in America, which is where a great many Besson trumpets were ending up anyways. Beyond Kanstul-brand instruments, he began making instruments for other companies too, the most recognizable being F. It was an endeavor where he could use his years of experience in manufacturing and production, and apply that to his own business where he could innovate and have creative control. In the early 1980's, Zig Kanstul formed Kanstul Musical Instruments.
If you don't like it, send it back within the shop policy period. This horn's production was overseen by one of the great master trumpet builders and it plays that way. 020' increments with the provided sleeves, allowing for a range of shallow to deep slotting while creating ranges of resistance feel to the blow. With the VGR the mouthpiece gap can be adjusted from zero gap up to. The VGR allows the player to adjust the venturi gap with different mouthpieces in order to change the playing characteristics of the horn. It comes equipped with Jason Harrelson's VGR (Venturi Gap Receiver) system. On the scale of 'tight to open' I would put this horn at about a 6, where the Yamaha YTR-8335LA is a 10 (if that helps). This horn is one of the most efficient playing horns I have experienced. The bell taper is slow to a 5' bell which, in combination with the large leadpipe venturi, provides a compact core with crazy-nice sprinkles of overtones. At that point in time, Zig had acquired a lot of classic bell mandrels and the one used for this horn is so sweet. Everything about this horn demonstrates a high level craftsmanship and quality from the nickel-silver outer slides to the valve compression to the high-precision assembly.
I put this in the late 80's or early 90's. It was made when Zig Kanstul opened his own factory in Fullerton after leaving Olds, Benge and King, and I think just before his collaboration with Besson on the Marvin Stamm and Meha models.
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