York Sousaphone

[iloveblues64]

Hey, I'm sort of a newbie, Previously purchased a tuba off of ebay listed as "italian 4v tuba with strange wrap" - i'll get pics up of that soon, But I've also just purchased a York Sousa. Here's the listing - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26otn%3D2" target="_blank


I'm wondering what kind of a neck I'd be able to use (i've heard that Conn's will work) Also, Just by the pictures.. would anyone be able to guess at the key? I'm almost sure its a BBb

[David Richoux]

If it is a BBb it is very skinny! The fact that the main body pipes go around almost twice indicates to me that it probably is BBb - most EEbs of that age had a partial wrap - but the proportions look very small to me in most of the photos. You will need to have the lead pipe straightened out, for sure!

[iloveblues64]

yea.. its kinda screwed up.. but for the price.. its ok i guess. I've been told that almost all Yorks are small bore.. thats why they need Conn necks.. but im not really sure.

[tubaguy9]

The reason they'd need a Conn neck is because there are no reproduction York necks, and the Conn neck would be the closest thing to it