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Brighouse link with Geneva

The Yorkshire Area champion Brighouse & Rastrick has signed a 3 year sponsorship agreement with Geneva Instruments.

Brighouse celebrate
 

Geneva Instruments have announced that Yorkshire Area champion Brighouse & Rastrick has signed a 3 year sponsorship agreement with the company.

Role

The news comes hot on the heels of Professional MD Professor David King taking on an international advisory role with Geneva.

The agreement will see the West Riding band playing on Geneva instruments as well as assisting the company alongside Professor David King with product development, public relations and advertising.

Excited

Brighouse & Rastrick President Paul Beaumont, told 4BR: "We are extremely excited with our new partnership with Geneva and are keen to assist the business wherever we can do.

The cornet section and trombones have already moved to the Geneva instruments and are impressed with their quality, sound and flexibility."

We are extremely excited with our new partnership with Geneva and are keen to assist the business wherever we can doBrighouse & Rastrick President Paul Beaumont

Longevity

He added: "The longevity of the partnership will mean that we can help develop the Geneva range — basically test marketing the improvements and modifications that David King recommends through his role with them."

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