It is the quality end of the market place however that could well see a battle of giants not only on the contest stages around Europe, but possibly in the courtrooms too. Never has the market place been so awash with instruments to satisfy the demands and the pockets of customers from learner to world-class level. Eventually bought by the Buffet Crampon Group, the purchase was announced with confidence by the President of Buffet Paul Baronnat in January 2006 with the words: "We are delighted to welcome the Besson Group into the group…" Crucially he went on to add: "As part of the acquisition agreement, Buffet Crampon acquires the existing finished goods inventory of Besson…"įast forward 12 months and at a very plush launch night in Frankfurt in Germany and Schreiber Keilwerth launched their new range of York instruments into the market place, whilst in the interim there has also been launches for London Musical Instruments, Virtuosi and Yamaha amongst others too.
The background to the possible potentially damaging and expensive legal outcomes can be traced directly back to the end of Besson Musical Instruments in 2006.
With the demise of Besson Musical Instruments the void in instrument manufacture has been filled by a number of new and existing manufacturers, and whilst competition may mean good news for the consumer, it may also mean good news for lawyers too. The Brass identity game - The Besson and York fightīesson and York are set to battle it out at the top end of the brass instrument market place - and it may prove to be something of a bloody fight with accusations and rumours flying around like mispitched semi quavers.Ģ007 could well be the year in which brass band contesting battles take a back seat to a battle royal between the instruments makers that provide the bands with the tools of their trade.
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