| The Calicchio that was brought to Maynard by Jerry was a LB with a 3B ( bronze ) bell and what would be considered a 2L pipe.
A 2L pipe has the same venturi opening a Martin #3 LB and Besson Meha ( .452 ) , both favorite trumpets of Maynard's
Quick Maynard trumpet history lesson:
Maynard's decision to go with Holton to produce his line was based on a couple of factors. After leaving Kenton in the late 50's , (Maynard played a custom Conn 38B alot with Kenton along with the Martin #3 and Calicchio )playing first in the contract orchestra at 20th century fox and then eventually , as we all know , in the early 60's leading his own big band. with the volume needed to front a big band, Maynard played the Martin #3 LB, Besson Meha and a Calicchio made for him in 1954 by Dominic ( Pete Ferguson still has the Calicchio )during this time in the 60's.
OK , having said that , in 1970 , with Maynard's raising popularity , Maynard started looking for a company to produce and market a " Maynard " line . Eldon Benge was the making the closet trumpet to a Besson at the time but was a small shop in Burbank, Ca. , that was also true with Calicchio being too small to handle this sort of thing, but Holton had just acquired the Martin Company ( with Leblanc ) and Maynard felt that they could not only best re-produce the Martin #3 LB of old having the original mandrills , but was a very big company that could promote this new line ... Holton was making " designer ' trumpets at the time with the Brisbois , Gozzo , Al Hirt and later the Stahl trumpets ... they could pay him a fee and also had the ability to mass produce and market a "Maynard Mouthpiece " which Benge and Calicchio would not be able to offer ... ( Maynard was playing his own English made mouthpiece model " The Ferguson / Bell Inc. - FBI unlimited" model, it was the one shown on the MF 1 album cover and had step down groves on the outer blank. It was based on the Giardinelli MF1 that Bob Giardinelli had made Maynard in the early 60's before he had his front teeth capped.
In the early to mid 70's ,while playing with his big band , it wasn't uncommon to see Maynard playing live with either the Besson or Martin , even thou the "Holton Maynard Model " was being produced and available to the public. I guess it took a while to get it just right.
The rest is " trumpet history " as they say.
Larry
Footnote -
Arturo also get's a 5 figure yearly stipend from Holton ( LeBlanc ) for endorsing and playing the Sandoval model . Good businessman. Contrary to Arturo's situation, Wayne Bergeron actually bought his own personnel Kanstul WB1600 ( discounted ) and made no arrangements to ever get any fee's or royalty associated with his name being used with the trumpet.
Hu-Yah |