letter from John Fletcher giving advice on tuba purchase

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letter from John Fletcher giving advice on tuba purchase

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A member of a facebook group posted today a pdf of a letter that he bought from ebay written by John Fletcher in response to a request for guidance from the parent of a tuba player that had been offered a 6 valve German f tuba
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When that man speaks his opinion, I listen.

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Does anyone recognize what the title of the first book is?
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Z-Tuba Dude wrote:Does anyone recognize what the title of the first book is?
Probably this?
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... although in Tubenet fashion, he basically replied "the one I use is the best."
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lost wrote:At least he didn't reply "ask your teacher"

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bort wrote:... although in Tubenet fashion, he basically replied "the one I use is the best."
When people here say that, I always imagine that they expect the person they are commenting about to say something like, "I use *this* book, but this *other* one is much better than the one I use, which is why I don't use it."
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