Have you ever seen this Sousaphone?

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Dave Detwiler
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Have you ever seen this Sousaphone?

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This undated page from an old A. K. Huttl (of Graslitz, Bohmen) catalog showed up on my Facebook feed the other day. The horn is listed (in German) as a "helicon - new model with removable bell."

Have you ever seen one of these? And/or do you have any idea when they were first built? Just curious!
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Re: Have you ever seen this Sousaphone?

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Dave Detwiler wrote:....

Have you ever seen one of these? And/or do you have any idea when they were first built? Just curious!
hüttl+kaiserhelikon+2k.jpg
Alas no, i have neither seen one nor can i do more than speculate at a date.
But now i too am curious!

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Re: Have you ever seen this Sousaphone?

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Dave Detwiler wrote:This undated page from an old A. K. Huttl (of Graslitz, Bohmen) catalog showed up on my Facebook feed the other day. The horn is listed (in German) as a "helicon - new model with removable bell."

Have you ever seen one of these? And/or do you have any idea when they were first built? Just curious!
hüttl+kaiserhelikon+2k.jpg
You might contact the folks at the Markneukirchen Museum (a stone's throw from Kraslice/Graslitz), they were helpful with a couple of datings/identifications for me.
http://museum-markneukirchen.de/start.html
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