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Hey all,

Recently I happened across an old Sousaphone with the bell screws ON the bell, not the body. Judging by the gooseneck, I believe it was an old King. Anybody happen to know what model it might be? and how often did old sousaphones have this configuration? Is there any benefit?

Thanks!

I know that the Holton company made sousa bells in this way.

Did Holton make a full circle Eb sousa? The inner diameter of the inside vircle was far too small to be a BBb.

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My high school owned a silver-plated Holton 4-valve Eb sousa and as I recall it was a "full-circle" design. This instrument had the bell screws on the bell, (with the bell having the female collar and the body having the male tenon). I believe that this instrument was from the 20s or 30s.

It wasn't only the sousaphones... I have two Holton double-bell euphoniums; one from 1912 and one from 1913, both of which have the trombone bells with the female-side tenon on the bells.