Where did Sindey Bechet purchase his soprano saxophone?

Answer 1

Sidney Bechet had purchased a used soprano sax - a curved model - in a Chicago pawn shop while he was playing Clarinet with several bands. He was not successful with that instrument and returned it.

He was a noted clarinetist when he arrived in London in 1919 and purchased a new straight soprano sax J A La Fleur's shop there. He played clarinet and the straight soprano for much of his career. He was know to have played a Buescher True-Tone, but whether that is what he purchased in Londen isn't known. Bechet almost certainly had several different instruments throughout his career.