Sousie Identification

whattheduck · Post by **whattheduck** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 1:32 pm

24 inch bell, the sousaphone is stamped “50”, the bell is stamped “16”
Serial 110XXX
Thanks!

imperialbari · Post by **imperialbari** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 1:51 pm

50 versus 16 point towards a mismatch between bell and body, as the collar numbers were intended to keep parts together from the assembly through the buffing and finishing processes.

Klaus

tbn.al · Post by **tbn.al** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 2:01 pm

As a former band director I can attest to the following...........If a school has more than one sousaphone, the chance that the bell and body will stay together for 3 or more years is 1 in 56.

bighonkintuba · Post by **bighonkintuba** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 2:50 pm

bloke wrote:old pre-14K-designation econoline "Elkhart" (Conn)

My band has a 'Symphony' sousaphone that is virtually identical. The consensus re: ID was the same. Plays great.

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 12:33 pm

bloke wrote:old pre-14K-designation econoline "Elkhart" (Conn)

Indeed. And pre- "Cavalier" and "Pan American" as well. All of them, including the OP, essentially similar or the same as a 14K.

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