Selmer sousaphone BBb

jmh3412 · Post by **jmh3412** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:01 pm

Greatly welcome colleagues comments on Selmer sousa's. Did they have idiosyncratic tuning bits etc. Thsi is the model that I'm considering - any advise would be very helpful.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... %3AIT&rd=1

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:58 pm

That horn looks good to me for the price. If I was looking for that type of horn, I might take a flyer on that one-if I was in the U.K..

Dave Hayami · Post by **Dave Hayami** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:15 am

For What it's worth,
"Blessing" Fiberglass sousaphone
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... =p3907.m29

Looks to me to be a "Reynolds"/"Old's" horn (Reynolds style brace base and valve caps)
The Reynold/Olds fiberglass sousaphones that I have play pretty well, and the top first valve slide moves. Joe(bloke) comments that the fiberglass on these horns feel more"brittle" than others. Maybe due it's location, it hasn't suffered a lot of UV light like here in So California(or South East US)
Hope this helps,
Dave Hayami

miz-zoutuba · Post by **miz-zoutuba** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:00 am

Riton wrote: I can buy an Elkhart, Made by Buesher sousaphone from 1970-75 (serial 53xxxx), looks like Conn 14k. Probably made under ownership of Selmer.

In this post it was stated that this sousaphone looked like a Conn 14k but was indeed very different.

Can someone tell me about quality of this instrument type ?

I have one of these Buesher horns that is just like a Conn 14K, and I love it. Plays great. Good intonation and strong false tones. Takes normal Conn neck and bits.

Blake