Hanging Sousaphones?

[Contramark]

All right guys. I have gotten some ingenius ideas off of this board. I need to ask yet another question.

We are thinking of hanging out sousaphones on the wall of our college band room. I have seen the expensive wall hangers on the net (about $90 per hanger), but I was wondering if any of you guys have any jimmy rigged versions that we can ourselves much cheaper.

Thanks in advance.

Mark

[imperialbari]

Any tuba crook large and well padded enough (some of you may make an NC association) will do the job, if it is securely attached to the wall.

A state approved bone-yard-proof not-rocking-but-rolling solution may be viewed here:

http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/yo ... e+rack.jpg

My shoulder got sore very soon, when I acquired my first sousaphone many years ago, so I attached a strong string to a crook in the ceiling of my then studio in a community cultural center. When I took down the sousa, the string remained there with its noose for the bell.

That called for a lot of visitors asking about my potential suicidal tendencies.

This posting may be a proof, that I haven't lived out such potentially hidden tendicies at least for now.

Klaus

[scottw]

I built a sousaphone hanger about 30 years ago for a bandroom and it's still there hanging out! Cost at the time was about $10. for the materials; today it might even double that. Simply bore holes in a piece of 2x8 lumber (stain or paint if desired) for matching pairs or 1" dowels about a foot apart, pad them with pipe wrap or carpet, and SECURELY mount the rack on the wall, being very sure to screw it into the studs with lagscrews or the new ledger screws available in lumber yards. The horns hang better upside down, tending to slide around less that way. Two hours or so and you are good to go!

[Dan Schultz]

Any tuba crook large and well padded enough (some of you may make an NC association) will do the job, if it is securely attached to the wall.

A state approved bone-yard-proof not-rocking-but-rolling solution may be viewed here:

http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/yo ... e+rack.jpg

My shoulder got sore very soon, when I acquired my first sousaphone many years ago, so I attached a strong string to a crook in the ceiling of my then studio in a community cultural center. When I took down the sousa, the string remained there with its noose for the bell.

That called for a lot of visitors asking about my potential suicidal tendencies.

This posting may be a proof, that I haven't lived out such potentially hidden tendicies at least for now.

Klaus

Klaus... I couldn't get your link to work.