Big horn RPPC ( real photo post card)

bisontuba · Post by **bisontuba** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 12:25 pm

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roweenie · Post by **roweenie** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 1:03 pm

Conn.

Michael Bush · Post by **Michael Bush** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 1:04 pm

I wonder what year. Too bad the stamp cancellation is gone. It's an item in the file of evidence that Conn changed the valve wrap on these early monsters all the time. If you find two alike, that's a lot.

roweenie · Post by **roweenie** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 2:28 pm

Michael Bush · Post by **Michael Bush** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 2:38 pm

What year catalog is that?

pjv · Post by **pjv** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 3:53 pm

He's obviously teaching the bassoon player how to really blast away during the Dies Irae section of the Symphonie Fantastique.

roweenie · Post by **roweenie** » Tue Sep 06, 2016 12:24 am

Michael Bush wrote:What year catalog is that?

I'm not certain, but according to Paul Bierley's book, and going by the player endorsements on that catalog page, the only year that Storch, Helleberg Jr., and Griswold were in Sousa's Band at the same time would be 1911 (the World tour year) - and since Del Negro's last year in the band was 1908, it seems to fit.

(I also find it interesting that the Holton - Del Negro model has a very similar tubing layout, but is a smaller horn.....)

Then again, if you look at the picture of the S.B. during the 1911 tour, only Storch's horn (last one on the right) looks like it might be the same model, and Griswold is holding the Sousaphone.....

(Then again, maybe Col. Conn was stretching the truth a little....?)

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