Sousaphone Protection

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Sousaphone Protection

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Re: Sousaphone Protection

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Here is what I have done. I put some insulating foam around the bottom bow, like this:

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And on top of that I put a layer of leather.

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The picture was taken with another purpose in mind, thats why the small Barcone sousaphone i next to my 14k

It works great. And when I have some repairs done, I can take it off in 5 min.
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Re: Sousaphone Protection

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Buy a commercial product, or just rest it on your foot when you aren't marching. Here are a few from WWBW:

http://wwbw.com/Search.list?N=61&Ntt=sousaphone+pad" target="_blank
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