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Re: Actually making tubas and sousaphones
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:26 pm
by Dan Schultz
KiltieTuba wrote:.... Anyone have some insight?
Sousaphones are made just like any other brass instrument... only BIGGER!
Seriously... those large bows like you find on a sousa bell are usually made in two pieces and 'clam-shelled' together. The flare is then spun and attached as a separate piece.
Re: Actually making tubas and sousaphones
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:18 pm
by The Big Ben
Here are some shots from the Conn factory c.1911:
http://www.oberloh.com/gallery/Connfactoryimages.htm" target="_blank
You can get an idea of how it was done back in the old days and might find it interesting.
Thanks to Herr Oberloh.
Re: Actually making tubas and sousaphones
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 12:52 pm
by Mike-ICR
I think the elbows for the back of the bell and the bell receiver are either cut and shaped that way or formed in two halves. You can see both methods in the link below. It's about a saxophone being made but the idea is the same. Sorry about the wacky music.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=8bzq81Und4M" target="_blank