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Sousie Identification
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 1:32 pm
by whattheduck
24 inch bell, the sousaphone is stamped “50”, the bell is stamped “16”
Serial 110XXX
Thanks!
Re: Sousie Identification
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 1:51 pm
by imperialbari
50 versus 16 point towards a mismatch between bell and body, as the collar numbers were intended to keep parts together from the assembly through the buffing and finishing processes.
Klaus
Re: Sousie Identification
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 2:01 pm
by tbn.al
As a former band director I can attest to the following...........If a school has more than one sousaphone, the chance that the bell and body will stay together for 3 or more years is 1 in 56.
Re: Sousie Identification
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 2:50 pm
by bighonkintuba
bloke wrote:old pre-14K-designation econoline "Elkhart" (Conn)
My band has a 'Symphony' sousaphone that is virtually identical. The consensus re: ID was the same. Plays great.
Re: Sousie Identification
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 12:33 pm
by iiipopes
bloke wrote:old pre-14K-designation econoline "Elkhart" (Conn)
Indeed. And pre- "Cavalier" and "Pan American" as well. All of them, including the OP, essentially similar or the same as a 14K.