Mine is the 4-valve version and it came in that exact same green-lined, outrageously heavy, vault of a sousaphone shipping case.
My horn dates from WW2 (the bell has "U.S." engraved on it), and was (terribly) low-pitch. Required a lot of cutting to make it playable alongside modern-pitch instruments, but it's a fun player and has a great, not-so-woofy timbre that blends well with smaller groups.
Thanks for posting the picture. I was thrilled (and a tad wistful) to see how drop-dead gorgeous my horn used to be.
Re neck/bits. Mine uses the same size neck/bits as for the BBb version, and I'm assuming it'd be the same for this example.
It's a small horn, btw. I'm skinny, and it's cozy. I reversed the main tuning slide because the spit valve lever is a real rib-sticker.
If that horn were within driving distance, I'd be mighty tempted . . .
Eb Sousaphone availability?
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Re: Eb Sousaphone availability?
The King full circle Eb sousaphones have to be of a narrow diameter for reasons of mere geometry.
Owning the 26, 28, and 40 K's from Conn I was surprised, when measuring the longest axis of the inner aperture, the diameter. The Eb Conn's are more spacy than the BBb one. Apparently Conn went for a uniform outer diameter of all of their sousaphones. Also the height of the bell lying flat on the bell flare looks like being uniform.
Bloke has told of the 14K sharing bell collars, sometimes even the full bells, with the Eb's.
Others have told about the Eb's and the BBb-long stroke valve blocks for Conn sousaphones being the same aside from the diameters of the air passages.
Several other makers use modular designs through their various models to keep the number of varying parts, hence of the need for tooling diversity, down.
The above tells how Conn planned to have only one sousaphone case, fewer collars, and only one long stroke sousaphone size of valve casing/piston.
Klaus
Owning the 26, 28, and 40 K's from Conn I was surprised, when measuring the longest axis of the inner aperture, the diameter. The Eb Conn's are more spacy than the BBb one. Apparently Conn went for a uniform outer diameter of all of their sousaphones. Also the height of the bell lying flat on the bell flare looks like being uniform.
Bloke has told of the 14K sharing bell collars, sometimes even the full bells, with the Eb's.
Others have told about the Eb's and the BBb-long stroke valve blocks for Conn sousaphones being the same aside from the diameters of the air passages.
Several other makers use modular designs through their various models to keep the number of varying parts, hence of the need for tooling diversity, down.
The above tells how Conn planned to have only one sousaphone case, fewer collars, and only one long stroke sousaphone size of valve casing/piston.
Klaus