old tuba bell on ebay

evan · Post by **evan** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:40 am

Or is this a sousaphone bell?

http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-TUBA-PART-BIG-D ... dZViewItem

I just hope it doesn't end up in someone's garden -- it looks like that's what the seller is expecting.

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:57 am

I would guess it to be a sousaphone bell. Recording bass bells are usually wider at the bottom opening.

Lew · Post by **Lew** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:23 am

I would say sousaphone because recording tuba bells usually angle up more while sousaphone bells face almost straight forward. That is, recording tuba bells are at about a 70 degree angle, while sousaphone bells are at about 90 degrees, like this one.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:33 am

No maker. I doubt that there are too many people looking to match an unmarked bell to an unmarked horn.

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:39 pm

windshieldbug wrote:No maker. I doubt that there are too many people looking to match an unmarked bell to an unmarked horn.

An "undercover tubist", maybe?