Recently I happened across an old Sousaphone with the bell screws ON the bell, not the body. Judging by the gooseneck, I believe it was an old King. Anybody happen to know what model it might be? and how often did old sousaphones have this configuration? Is there any benefit?
Thanks!
1970's Walter Sear Deprins BBb Tuba
1915 Martin Eb EEb Tuba
1908 Sherman Clay & CO EEB Sousaphone
1900's Stowasser F Tuba
1896 Henry Distin EEB Tuba
My high school owned a silver-plated Holton 4-valve Eb sousa and as I recall it was a "full-circle" design. This instrument had the bell screws on the bell, (with the bell having the female collar and the body having the male tenon). I believe that this instrument was from the 20s or 30s.
Adjunct Tuba Professor
William Paterson University
Wayne, NJ
It wasn't only the sousaphones... I have two Holton double-bell euphoniums; one from 1912 and one from 1913, both of which have the trombone bells with the female-side tenon on the bells.
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
