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Re: Sousaphone ID
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:08 pm
by Todd S. Malicoate
The serial number would put it from 1962. From the valveset style and design of the braces, I vote for a 14K Conn.
Re: Sousaphone ID
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:26 pm
by Dan Schultz
Todd S. Malicoate wrote:The serial number would put it from 1962. From the valveset style and design of the braces, I vote for a 14K Conn.
Ditto. Conn stencil.
Re: Sousaphone ID
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:30 pm
by Todd S. Malicoate
Sorry, resale value...if you can get rid of the sticky valve problem, since it plays well I would say you could easily get $1000 for it once it is nicely cleaned up and polished. The trick, of course, is finding an interested buyer.
Similar horns at the big instrument shops are just over $1000 around the 'net...just search Conn 14K.
Re: Sousaphone ID
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:57 pm
by imperialbari
When did Conn put a 0.750" valve section on a sousaphone with a 24" bell?
Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
Re: Sousaphone ID
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:15 pm
by Todd S. Malicoate
imperialbari wrote:When did Conn put a 0.750" valve section on a sousaphone with a 24" bell?
The 14K has a 24" bell, but officially a .734" bore.
Re: Sousaphone ID
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:20 am
by Rick Denney
Todd S. Malicoate wrote:The serial number would put it from 1962. From the valveset style and design of the braces, I vote for a 14K Conn.
Yes. But I think careful measurement of the bore will put it at closer to .730 than .750.
Rick "who has two of them" Denney