A friend bought a Besson cornet at a car boot sale, and I offered to use the Boosey & Hawkes excellent serial number cruncher to check it's age.
Then it occurred to me that it may be stolen, so I had a look at one site that lists stolen instruments, but it was very restrictive, listing only instruments that had been posted.
Does anyone know if there is a global web site with a decent search engine that will cross check a second hand instrument against it's serial number and indicate it's legitimacy?
Alan Lafferty
Bude Metric Brass
Then it occurred to me that it may be stolen, so I had a look at one site that lists stolen instruments, but it was very restrictive, listing only instruments that had been posted.
Does anyone know if there is a global web site with a decent search engine that will cross check a second hand instrument against it's serial number and indicate it's legitimacy?
Alan Lafferty
Bude Metric Brass