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Kessels

Matthieu Kessels’ factory for musical instruments, was based in Tilburg from 1886 to 1939. Locally-made musical instruments, like brass, woodwind, percussion, string and keyboard instruments. Kessels instruments were exported to countries all over the world.


Kessels
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Tenor
1910
Netherlands
Bb
B-F
Brass, Nickel plated
20
80.9
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3 schenkelaars 1

Schenkelaars

Sopranino

1930

Netherlands

14 M”nnig exquisito (1)

Mönnig

Alto

1936

Germany

16 buescher simple simon (1)

Buescher

Alto

1950

U.S.A.

2 yamaha (1)

Yamaha

Alto

1990

Japan

9 adolphe sax 1

Adolphe Sax

Soprano

1864

France

7 couesnon (1)

Couesnon

Alto

1928

France

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