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Advert: Geneva Instruments

Principal Sponsors wish good luck to all bands competing at the National Finals in Cheltenham.

Geneva Instruments
 

As Principal Sponsors of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, Geneva would like to wish the best of luck to bands competing at the National Finals this weekend.

New range

Geneva will have all the NEW 2012 Symphony Range of instruments on the stand along with the New Symphony EEb Tuba.

So come and say hello and come and put Geneva to the test.

You will be able to tell why we are proud to be associated with the very best in music making.

More information:

Telephone: 07947 5333 64 or 01287 651 558
www.genevainstruments.com

Head Office & Workshop
Layland House, Layland Road, Skelton, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, TS12 2AQ, Great Britain.

Showroom
GENEVA at All Brass & Woodwind, 82 York Street, LEEDS, West Yorkshire, LS9 8AA, Great Britain.

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