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Re: Sousa's Giants

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 8:51 am
by Three Valves
No one is going to cart ME around and show me off like a circus animal!!

Oh, how much does it pay?? :oops:

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Re: Sousa's Giants

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 11:58 am
by Bob Kolada
Ha, no social media here!

Re: Sousa's Giants

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 4:33 pm
by edsel585960
Fe, Fi, Fo, Fumapalooza, I smell the stench of a fiberglass sousa. :) (nothing rhymes with sousa)

Re: Sousa's Giants

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 11:28 pm
by Tubajug
I want to get my hands on those last two raincatchers on the right in the section photo. Those things are massive!

Re: Sousa's Giants

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:18 am
by edsel585960
Tubajug wrote:I want to get my hands on those last two raincatchers on the right in the section photo. Those things are massive!
Ditto. :)

Re: Sousa's Giants

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 3:34 am
by Steve Marcus
Tubajug wrote:I want to get my hands on those last two raincatchers on the right in the section photo. Those things are massive!
According to the Conn Loyalist web page, those two 4-valve BBb "Grand Jumbo" (Conn's advertising term) raincatchers with 24" upright bells were referred to as the model 44K.

The comparable Grand Jumbo sousaphone with a 28" forward bell is the model 48K.

I have seen and played only one 44K. It is a magnificent sounding specimen.