Alan,
 
You may recall you stopped me buying a student horn and sold me a Holton 280. It was remiss of me not to email you earlier to say a big thank you.

  My 12 year old daughter is in a couple of ensembles and the conductors of each and her horn teacher are extremely impressed with the sound. You may also recall it was a chap called John Larvin who recommended you to me. I got him to have a blow and his opinion was it’s a horn he would find very easy to live with.  So thanks again for your advice and excellent service.
 
Cheers,