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Advert: Geneva Instruments

Top performers play the top brand as Geneva goes from strength to strength…

Geneva
 

Geneva are very proud of their instruments and the fact they are built in Great Britain using a dedicated British workforce.

And with those traditional skills we know we are producing some of the finest instruments available today and once again flying the flag for British brass instrument manufacturing.

In demand

The Geneva brand now is in demand in the USA, Holland, Belgium, France, Norway and Denmark.

One of the many differences that Geneva is to any other brass manufactures in the world is that we offer a Free Lifetime Guarantee on all our instruments. That is great testament to the quality of our instruments.

Tim Oldroyd, Geneva’s Managing Director has spent the last decade making sure that every Geneva instrument is built with the right sound for the UK Market, something that he feels is missing with some of the other manufacturers.

we offer a Free Lifetime Guarantee on all our instruments. That is great testament to the quality of our instrumentsGeneva Instruments

What the world wants

Geneva instruments are all built with this in mind, something that the Great British bands have and the rest of the world want.

Finest performers

We have the finest performers in the world playing the Geneva Brand

The Fairey (Geneva) Band
Iain Culross, Principal Cornet — Fairey Geneva Band
Mike Eccles, Flugel Horn — Fairey Geneva Band
Michael Dodd, Solo Euphonium – Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Andrew Holmes, Flugel Horn – Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Scot Bennett, Solo Horn – Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Stephen Wilkinson, Flugel Horn – Reg Vardy Band
Tina Mortimer, Principal Cornet — Reg Vardy Band
Paul Robinson, Solo Euphonium – Reg Vardy Band
Jimmy Hayes, Principal Cornet – Scottish Cooperative Funeral Care Band
Chris Gomersall, Solo Trombone – Brighouse & Rastrick Band

These players are the finest in their field – and the big names just don’t stop there as we also have a line up of some of the UK’s finest trumpet players with the finest big bands, Pop and Jazz Artist’s and London’s West End.

If you have never tried a Geneva instrument, then maybe now is the time.

Great British

A great British manufacturer, supplying a great British musical movement, supporting a great British tradition.

Geneva…………….for players who know
Tel: 0844 249 000

Web: www.genevainstruments.com

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