John Fletcher photos

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:27 pm

A friend having a clear out gave me an old Winter 1973/4 edition of Sounding Brass magazine. I was interested to see these pictures of John Fletcher which are new to me, so thought I would share!

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Tubanese · Post by **Tubanese** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:07 pm

Thank you very much for sharing. I really enjoyed the photos By the way, do you know if the "Meinl" tuba in the first picture is the "Meinl Weston" or is it other Meinl?

Mojo workin' · Post by **Mojo workin'** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:09 pm

Thanks much for posting these. John was one of the best if not the best musician to ever wield a tuba!

Bonafide quote from one cellist to another cellist in the LSO at the time Fletch was their tubist-"Everybody knows that John Fletcher is the finest musician in this orchestra".

tubafatness · Post by **tubafatness** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:56 pm

Tubanese wrote:Thank you very much for sharing. I really enjoyed the photos By the way, do you know if the "Meinl" tuba in the first picture is the "Meinl Weston" or is it other Meinl?

I'm not certain, but that looks like a Rudolph Meinl horn to me.

eupher61 · Post by **eupher61** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:18 pm

In Europe, MW would be Melton.

cjk · Post by **cjk** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:00 pm

The tuba in question is a 5/4 Rudolf Meinl.

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:28 am

cjk wrote:The tuba in question is a 5/4 Rudolf Meinl.

Sure looks like one to me.

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:40 am

TubaRay wrote:
cjk wrote:The tuba in question is a 5/4 Rudolf Meinl.
Sure looks like one to me.

It is a Rudolf Meinl - he say so in the accompanying article which incidentally is one of those reprinted in the book "John Fletcher - Tuba Extraordinary" http://www.johnfletcher-tuba.co.uk/thebook.html (but without the pictures)

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:28 am

Mojo workin' wrote:Thanks much for posting these. John was one of the best if not the best musician to ever wield a tuba!
Bonafide quote from one cellist to another cellist in the LSO at the time Fletch was their tubist-"Everybody knows that John Fletcher is the finest musician in this orchestra".

I guess he was pretty good. Maybe.

Tubanese · Post by **Tubanese** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:12 pm

eupher61 wrote:In Europe, MW would be Melton.

Good point

Jeffrey Hicks · Post by **Jeffrey Hicks** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:38 pm

Mike Johnson wrote:
TubaRay wrote:I guess he was pretty good. Maybe.

now i have new wallpaper for my computer. Thanks mike,

KarlMarx · Post by **KarlMarx** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:15 pm

So it wasn't just a lesson in how to do single tonguing?

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