Sousaphone Bell Adapter

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Sousaphone Bell Adapter

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Here is a neat thing I don't think I have ever seen before.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SousaPhone-bell ... 3f10211ea5

The guy who made it wanted to use a Reynolds fiber bell with a King brass Sousa.

What do you folks think of this?
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Re: Sousaphone Bell Adapter

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Cool!

Here's an adapter I made a while back to make a convertible helicon/sousa...
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A little farther down on the page from that image is a segment about a neat little 'ring roller' I bought at Harbor Freight for making those gizmos.
http://thevillagetinker.com/projects.htm
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Re: Sousaphone Bell Adapter

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Thanks for posting that Dan. I have a rain catcher in my shop right now and I think I might try to make one of those for this customer. He would really like that.
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Re: Sousaphone Bell Adapter

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Good point Joe...

These really need to be made of brass.
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Re: Sousaphone Bell Adapter

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It looks like a blue ford with a red door from a chevrolet.
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Re: Sousaphone Bell Adapter

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OldHorn wrote:It looks like a blue ford with a red door from a chevrolet.
Well put...but that car still HAS a door and it will get you around.
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