Posted by Rick Denney on January 08, 2004 at 16:08:57:
In Reply to: Re: Please let me know abou John Fletcher. posted by Brian Frederiksen on January 08, 2004 at 13:46:04:
Fletcher also used a large, four-valve Holton CC, of the Model 345 variety, when the music needed something large.
And the 981 was a Sovereign, which post-dates the New Standard/Imperial, though of course he didn't start using the 981 until after he'd helped develop it. As I understand it, the New Standards and the Imperial are the same instrument, the first labeled as a Besson, and the second labeled as a Boosey and Hawkes. Arguments about their relative merits abound, with no conclusion.
Rick "who thinks Fletcher could have trimmed the neck from a soda bottle for a mouthpiece and made it sound good" Denney