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Mutant Sousaphone sighting!
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:44 pm
by David Richoux
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYykpRRuHQMwill quite amaze you,
then for more tuba clowning (plus much more strangeness) check out some clips from the designer of the horn & costumes at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvL5DOu3G2o
- Ulik, The Mechanical Clown...
Tuba Trike!
Re: Mutant Sousaphone sighting!
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:07 pm
by The Jackson
It's like the cantina band on wheels...
Re: Mutant Sousaphone sighting!
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:19 pm
by circusboy
Fabulous!
Thanks, David!
Re: Mutant Sousaphone sighting!
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:27 pm
by Alex C
OMG, they've got close to $100,000 invested in Segways. Add the additional cost of the custom sousaphone. trombone and whatever else.... I used to think it cost a lost to launch a quintet.
Re: Mutant Sousaphone sighting!
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:36 pm
by TUbajohn20J
Wow I should do my 40K that way
Re: Mutant Sousaphone sighting!
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:27 pm
by imperialbari
My transportation concept has been found! Any scrapped YamaYorks out there?
Klaus
Re: Mutant Sousaphone sighting!
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:20 pm
by Tuba Guy
That looks like so much fun...I want to get something like that together...
Re: Mutant Sousaphone sighting!
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:08 am
by Mike-ICR
I would be interested in building stuff like that if anyone's interested. (Not a plug, just wouldn't mind an excuse to spend some time on a project like that).
Re: Mutant Sousaphone sighting!
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:34 pm
by David Richoux
I just found out (from another list) the musicians in that performance are called Fanfare Le SNOB. (
http://www.fanfarelesnob.com , but their website does not translate with Google
Re: Mutant Sousaphone sighting!
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:13 pm
by imperialbari
David Richoux wrote:I just found out (from another list) the musicians in that performance are called Fanfare Le SNOB. (
http://www.fanfarelesnob.com , but their website does not translate with Google
If you click the Glissendo button up right on the page David links to, you will find a better lit version of the video.
Klaus
Re: Mutant Sousaphone sighting!
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 12:39 pm
by David Richoux
For those not following the links all the way, here is a still shot of the custom Tuba - can't really call it a Sousaphone!
glissando.jpg
and there are many more pictures of the instruments on the page if you scroll down
http://www.fanfarelesnob.com/index2.htm - very glad to see a group that uses the Internet properly! Something like this raises a lot of interest and the site does provide a lot - too bad it does not translate to English very well... They are in London at the moment.
Also, several other Youtube clips of some performances have been posted -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC9IBt-tI3E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6gKy4N2fuo shows some good views of the tuba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy0cmijuldQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKbPIBitMTQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkLjKTlMH4Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCA4ki3m4Uo Tubular Bells!
and BTW, what they are riding are not Segways - here is the site for "HandsFree"
http://www.handsfree-transporter.com/