double belled sousaphone

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double belled sousaphone

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Perfect horn for a guy like this...

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One bell is fake- it's just for show unfortunately.
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If it is made in India in 2015, BEWARE....
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It shouldn't be difficult to install a couple of butterfly valves, reaching them while playing would be easy as well...
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bisontuba wrote:If it is made in India in 2015, BEWARE....
This is new? I have the impression tubas from India have been good for laughs only, as long as EBay has been around. Have they switched from chrome plating to something even worse?
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Its most interesting element may be that it is a Bb tenor sousaphone. The Indians also have made them single belled and in a helicon variant.

The sad thing is that they are all useless alone from their non-adjustable ergonomics.

Anyway:

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