Cerveny sousaphone stolen in Houston

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:06 pm

Aside from the writer getting the date 30-40 years off on the sousaphone

From the Houston Chronicle wrote: Although Hurricane Katrina flooded his longtime family home in central New Orleans, ruining his father's piano, a concert upright tuba named "Matilda" that Francis inherited from his uncle,

How exactly do a house flooding ruin a tuiba?

It'll need a good cleaning and new felt/cork, but other than that even a week under water should have no effect on a hunk of brass.

Now, if the house colapsed on top of it, it might not be readily repairable.

markrubin · Post by **markrubin** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:16 pm

ThomasDodd wrote:Aside from the writer getting the date 30-40 years off on the sousaphone
From the Houston Chronicle wrote: Although Hurricane Katrina flooded his longtime family home in

How exactly do a house flooding ruin a tuiba?

It'll need a good cleaning and new felt/cork, but other than that even a week under water should have no effect on a hunk of brass.

Its the 2 feet of toxic sludge that it's been sitting for 3 weeks that will be intersting to see what it does to it.

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:42 pm

markrubin wrote:
ThomasDodd wrote: How exactly do a house flooding ruin a tuiba?

It'll need a good cleaning and new felt/cork, but other than that even a week under water should have no effect on a hunk of brass.
Its the 2 feet of toxic sludge that it's been sitting for 3 weeks that will be intersting to see what it does to it.

It will be interesting, but I expect most brass instruments to be salvagable.
Brass is a fairly non-reactive metal, one of the reason it's used.

Any repair guys have any thoughts?