A question for you Sousaphonists

OldsRecording · Post by **OldsRecording** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 3:26 pm

Scooby Tuba wrote:
Mike Johnson wrote:He's taken it one further and now wants a fibreglass one in the City's new corporate colour scheme............wait for it.........Shocking Pink!!!
Not that there's anything wrong with that...

If you're just going to paint it Pepto-Bismol pink, I'd think your best bet is just to find the balance between 'cheap' and 'reasonably in tune'

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:47 pm

Indeed. Have Matt throw together one of the Bundy Bangers and ship it to you. At @ $700 plus shipping, you can't lose.

But, pink?

This isn't a redux of "The Prisioner," now, is it?

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:56 pm

Mike Johnson wrote:He's taken it one further and now wants a fibreglass one in the City's new corporate colour scheme............wait for it.........Shocking Pink!!!
Look at the logo in the top left corner
http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/yourco ... alford.htm

Make sure you are in disguise if you are carrying that!

ken k · Post by **ken k** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:46 pm

There are a couple of conn fiberglass horns on ebay right now. One was nicely reonditioned for $895 buy it now. There are 2 or 3 others that are being bid on but the bids currently are only about $150.

ken k

Bandmaster · Post by **Bandmaster** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:20 am

Don't overlook the Olds fiberglass sousaphones! I played them in college and I owned several that I used with the youth band that I directed until I could afford brass horns. I thought they sounded pretty decent for being tupperware tubas.

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:55 am

I've played them also. There's an old Olds fiberglass in the Shrine closet in great shape, and I fixed a couple of niggles on it as well. I respectfully disagree. I thought it was hideous in terms of tone.

And its companion was a Buescher with a bore over .750, and fiberglass as well. Even worse. Nothing above bottom line G intonated with any clarity at all.

I'd recommend the guys sell them, but I don't want to saddle some poor schmuck with a lousy horn.

ken k · Post by **ken k** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:48 pm

Bandmaster wrote:Don't overlook the Olds fiberglass sousaphones! I played them in college and I owned several that I used with the youth band that I directed until I could afford brass horns. I thought they sounded pretty decent for being tupperware tubas.

I agree I have three at my school whcih i use with my students. I think however the plasic tends to be a bit more brittle than others.

ken k

OldsRecording · Post by **OldsRecording** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:11 pm

Mike Johnson wrote:
Bob1062 wrote:Mike, don't get caught by a photographer with a pink sousa!!
Don't worry I'm quite secure enough in who I am to have a Pink Sousa!
I think!

Mike

Not that there's anything wrong with that...