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Odd horn (CL ad)

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Anyone have an idea on what's up with this horn?

I've never seen a sousaphone that doesn't a second "wrap" You'll see the horn does a u-turn, and just sends a brace over, if you'll pardon the lack of correct terminology.

Is this common?

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It's an Eb Sousaphone, so it has less tubing than a BBb.
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Which bore?

Looks like small bore to me.

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bort wrote:It's an Eb Sousaphone, so it has less tubing than a BBb.
I was figuring that must be the case, but don't have any experience with Eb's. When I did a search, many of them still have the traditional "wrap", so my curiosity was peaked.

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Definitely Eb.
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This is an Eb. There are some that are a full rap and some that have this partial rap design. The partial rap design is a little bigger in diameter allowing for larger people to fit into the horn.
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