![]() ![]() In 1978, the contract with Gretch to import Couesnon instruments to the United States was terminated and new Couesnon instruments have been very rare in the US since that time. The fire resulted in loss of all the company records, including those which would make it possible to determine the year of manufacture from the serial number. All existing Kanstul French Besson trumpets have 3, 4 or 5 digit serial numbers (got to about 7,000 by 1998, now at around 40,000). They made a line called Monopole Conservatoire of higher quality instruments, but their marketing proved ineffective and factories were sold off and in 1969 the main factory was badly damaged by fire, destroying the archives. " Couesnon tried to expand its share in markets other than marching bands. ![]() Most probably they do have some knowledge or even archives stretching few decades back but not by much because Apparently the company still exists, albeit bought from other people than the original owners. ![]()
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