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LIke this? (from: http://tubapastor.blogspot.com//" target="_blank" target="_blank with credit to Paul Bierley)

Ever considered using a crutch under your left arm? I've seen old photos of Sousa's players use them for their Jumbo raincatchers...

No, but when playing souzy in a seated event, say, an outdoor concert, I turn my chair so I sit on the left corner and rest my left elbow on the chair back. I can't find it, but there is an old picture somewhere of the Sousa band rehearsing, shot from the back of the rehearsal hall, that shows one of Sousa's souzy players doing exactly that.

YES!!!