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What is this?
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 6:08 pm
by butch
http://kleinanzeigen.ebay.de/anzeigen/s ... ref=search
I've never seen a sousaphone without pistons before. Could anyone provide more information? I'm just curious.
Regards
Butch
Re: What is this?
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:16 pm
by Dan Schultz
A natural sousa in F???
Re: What is this?
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:27 pm
by Kevin Hendrick
A marching alphorn?
Re: What is this?
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 8:43 am
by Dan Schultz
Kevin Hendrick wrote:A marching alphorn?
I had not thought of that! But... I play in an Alphorn trio and I can see the same music being played on three of these 'sousas' in a parade and actually being quite a lot of fun. And.... maybe even sounding pretty good.
That horn could be in Gb (as the Europeans say).... with an extension for F.... or just pull the main out about 4".
The configuration of the 'dummy' shoulder tube is interesting.
Re: What is this?
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 11:32 am
by windshieldbug
A Bass Bugle in G for marching?
Re: What is this?
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 8:25 am
by butch
Kevin Hendrick wrote:A marching alphorn?
Being from Switzerland, I like the idea of a "marching alphorn"!
Butch
Re: What is this?
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 2:03 am
by Untersatz
Subcontrabass Sousa-Bugle?
Re: What is this?
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 2:56 pm
by butch
I contacted the seller, but he wasn't really helpful. He doesn't know much about the instrument.
He thinks that it's made by «Glier» and that it's in Eb or Bb.
These horns are used in «Fanfarenzügen». I don't know how these are called in english, but these are band that play only instrument with natural tones.
Butch
Re: What is this?
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 5:20 pm
by k001k47
caca