So I got me this Sousaphone and...........

[Highams]

Great stuff, I do this all the time, I have some half dozen euphs in poor condition and/or bits missing and I've been surprised at what does turn up.

These will either live again or become donors for better examples.

CB

[imperialbari]

Schlepp, take off the valves, use some of the tubing to tune it to G, rejoin the scouts, and be the sub-bass of their bugle corps.

Klaus

[Harvey Hartman]

Hey you can always find A valve set, send it by bus to me it will only take about 25 days and get lost 3 times along the way LOL...But you know I can make it play again thanks Harv.

[J.c. Sherman]

birdbath

+1

[imperialbari]

If legal:

Mount the bell on top of you truck and put a low frequency compression horn into it as a sound source. Wire it so that you at will can use it as an additive to your normal horn. Should clear your path of dogs, kids, and elderly ladies.

[MartyNeilan]

Duct tape the bell to the top of your Mirafphfone 187 to make the new "Texas" model 187T.
Might need to push your tuning slide all the way in.