Conn sousaphone leadpipe
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:52 pm
My Conn 32K sousaphone is causing me a pain in the neck after playing it for a while. Reason is that, no matter how I twist the bits, the mouthpiece points to the tip of my chin and not to my mouth, as one would reasonably expect from a mouthpiece. For the moment I have tried to overcome this situation with a thick shoulder cushion but this is not really ideal.
Comparison with a similar sousaphone shows that the leadpipe is bent in a way that is probably not original:
I'd like to throw in a few question here before seeing a technician:
-would you agree that the leadpipe is crooked?
-can this thing be easily bent back?
-what do think of my alternative solution: to replace the straight section of pipe that enters the leadpipe (part of the gooseneck) by a slightly larger section with a "counter bent' to it. This will slightly change the tuning, which I can easily compensate with the tuning slide.
-do you have a better idea?
Thank you for your comments
Comparison with a similar sousaphone shows that the leadpipe is bent in a way that is probably not original:
I'd like to throw in a few question here before seeing a technician:
-would you agree that the leadpipe is crooked?
-can this thing be easily bent back?
-what do think of my alternative solution: to replace the straight section of pipe that enters the leadpipe (part of the gooseneck) by a slightly larger section with a "counter bent' to it. This will slightly change the tuning, which I can easily compensate with the tuning slide.
-do you have a better idea?
Thank you for your comments