Re: Please let me know abou John Fletcher.


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Posted by Brian Frederiksen on January 08, 2004 at 13:46:04:

In Reply to: Please let me know abou John Fletcher. posted by Takao on January 08, 2004 at 08:13:23:

It is unfortunate that finding information about John Fletcher is so difficult! I have been looking for a bio of him for years, nothing on the web and yes I have the Fletch book. I am sure some of the younger members of this list have heard the name but have no idea who he is. Somewhere around here I have a tape of his masterclass in 1984 to the International Brass Congress that I should put on my web page but I'd really like a bio.

To answer a few questions, John worked with Boosey for an improved version of their E flat tuba. This is the model 981 that is commonly called the Fletcher model and is still available. I'm lucky since I have one of these that John selected for Arnold Jacobs which I ended up with - great horn!

Don't know what mouthpiece John used, maybe Mike Johnson can help!


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