Found: A photo of the first Sousaphone in action!
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:01 pm
After a 2-year hiatus, I've starting blogging again on Sousaphone history. A lot has happened in those two years, but the most exciting has been the recent discovery of a photograph from March 7, 1896 that shows the first Sousaphone, built by J. W. Pepper in 1895, being played in the Sousa Band.
This was a big, but welcome, surprise to me, as all of the evidence prior to seeing that photo suggested that perhaps the Pepper horn was never actually played in that peerless performing group.
Here's the link to the photo, and a bit more information about it: http://tubapastor.blogspot.com/2015/10/ ... -1896.html
This was a big, but welcome, surprise to me, as all of the evidence prior to seeing that photo suggested that perhaps the Pepper horn was never actually played in that peerless performing group.
Here's the link to the photo, and a bit more information about it: http://tubapastor.blogspot.com/2015/10/ ... -1896.html
