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Surely the poster is looking for a sousaphone. I doubt if he has one of Brian Kane's plastic tubas!

Gotta love craigslist.

TubaTinker wrote:Surely the poster is looking for a sousaphone

Yeah, and sounds like he knows exactly what sousaphone - and, am I right, that also happens to be the sousaphone of choice in the New Orleans scene?

King is gay! Conn rules! Seriously, though, if 9 out of 10 banda tuba players recommend a King sousaphone, that means a lot. (But if I had one, I'd still trade it for that truck.)

the elephant wrote:I just have never cared for the sound of any Conn tuba or euphonium. Neither when I play them nor when I hear others play them. I hated the sound that Mr. Phillips got on his. I cannot stand the big fog horns. I prefer the King tone by far for American-type tubas. I am an old Alexander man and still love that tone over all others. And Conn is just too simple for me in the color department. I do not know why. They are always fun horns to play, but I never enjoy the product, no matter who is driving the thing...

+1

Given the simultaneous decline of housing values and increase in sousaphone values, maybe we will see houses traded for sousaphones soon, too.

Not without my sousaphone!

Wow that guy really wants a King brass sousaphone; willing to give his truck for one

I agree that the King tubas and sousas - especially the old H.N.White ones - have a great sound with lots of color. Some of those old Kings have the sweetest sound of all American makes --- not necessarily the biggest sound, just the sweetest.
I really like the old medium-sized Conns too - very smoooooooth sound. The big Conns do tend to sound a bit tubby/woofy compared to others. But the old 10j tuba and 14k/36k/Continental Colonial sousas sound great. No other tuba/sousaphone gets that warm 'hummmmmm' to the sound that the old medium-sized Conns gets. Its that kind of sound that you feel more than you hear when played more softly - like a small section of string basses.

I have many memories playing on an old Conn 20k, Continental Colonial sousa (Conn 14k stencil) and King 1250, King Giant, and King 2350 sousas

bloke wrote:If I currently NEEDED a truck (and that one is as roadworthy and nice in the cab as the pictures appear of the body) I'd be talking to this guy. I'd flat find him a nice King sousaphone.

bloke "who has a truck"

What's a great price for a 45 yr old truck? Unless you get lucky, King BBb sousaphones seem to retail for around $1000 on eBay. $1000 doesn't seem like a steal price for a truck of that vintage. Then again, neither 45 yr old trucks or sousaphones, are common around here...

Depends a lot on condition - from the picture, premium - and on the right buyer. I wouldn't be surprised at all if you could buy a new King 2350 at ca. $5K, and sell the truck for a good profit. Assuming the truck is really as sweet as it looks, the owner will accept a new King, and you know where and how to sell a vintage pickup truck.