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Fanfare Trumpets Design Since 1937

Boosey & Hawkes/Besson (London) 1937-1999* Smith-Watkins(London & York) 2000-present**
Pitch Part Number Note Part Number Note
Soprano E-flat Besson 705 SW-SFT-(leadpipe) Choice of 5 leadpipes
Melody E-flat Besson 706 SW-MFT-leadpipe) Choice of 5 leadpipes
Tenor B-flat Besson 707 SW-TFT
Bass in G Besson 708 Obsolete None
Bass in B-flat / F None SW-BFT Rotary valve for F

* Manufacture of these Besson fanfare trumpets had ceased by 1999. Besson (London) closed in 2005 and name 'Besson' sold to Buffet Crampon (France) in 2006

** In 2000 the Royal Marines and Royal Air Force commissioned Smith-Watkins to design this new range of fanfare trumpets to replace the older Besson instruments