Goldbrass sousaphone with short action valves

[Wyvern]

I now have Huashen gold brass BBb sousaphone with short action valves in stock. Just like the Junior Eb and Bubbie I am very impressed by the quality from this manufacturer.

See http://www.wessex-tubas.co.uk/products/sousaphone

It is an impressive instrument with good tone. Price 1,995 GBP including UK VAT.

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[tubaforce]

Looks good, Jonathan!
How did it fare against the your tuner?
Al

[Wyvern]

Al, I have not had chance to try against tuner as yet as it is too big to play in my music room without taking lumps of plaster out the ceiling!

Will update later

[Wyvern]

Bloke, using felts for valve alignment may not suit an engineer like you, but they seem to work fine by how well the sousaphone plays. One very talented player visiting my recent Cheltenham trade stand commented "...it was a delight to play. Much easier than a BBb tuba! ....To be honest I couldn't find any flaws with it, it was a joy to play".

As we in England say "if it ain't broke, don't try to fix!"

In any case I mainly got the sousaphone to attract attention to my trade stand at brass events, which it does exceedingly well (I don't expect to sell many this side of the pond) - it was obvious from comments at Cheltenham that most British brass players have never seen a sousaphone 'for real' before