For sale is this Conn 38k CC sousaphone. From everything I can tell, it is all original. (Except one brace and a new lower neck).
I picked this up as a project but as it turns out I just don't have as much time as I thought I would.
Valves need to be rebuilt and the 2nd branch is pretty beat. I have already disassembled it, so your tech can just jump right in! Make it a usable sousaphone or turn it into the CC Helicon you have always dreamed of!
It comes with the orignal bell, which is also fairly ugly. It has about 1% of its silver left.
Asking $600 (shipped) for this rare bird.
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Conn CC 38K project - SOLD
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Conn CC 38K project - SOLD
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Re: Conn CC 38K project.
I had no idea Conn made CC sousaphones. That's really interesting.
Somebody needs to fix it up and make it pretty.
Do you know any of the horns history?
Somebody needs to fix it up and make it pretty.
Do you know any of the horns history?
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Re: Conn CC 38K project.
I picked it up from a gentleman who found it in Cuba. It was covered in mud when I got it.
I had no idea they had ever made one. And I was honestly sceptical at first, but I suppose if King made a few, it only makes sense that Conn could do the same.
I had no idea they had ever made one. And I was honestly sceptical at first, but I suppose if King made a few, it only makes sense that Conn could do the same.
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Re: Conn CC 38K project.
Convert it to a Bb. You can do it!
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Re: Conn CC 38K project. Price drop, needs to go!
Bump for price drop. Need to go!
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Re: Conn CC 38K project.
1. No bell?
2. Outside circumference of bell tenon?
4. Outside circumference of bell bow where it enters first branch ferrule?
5. Any cracks / patches?
2. Outside circumference of bell tenon?
4. Outside circumference of bell bow where it enters first branch ferrule?
5. Any cracks / patches?
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Re: Conn CC 38K project.
The comments on imgur are classic 

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Re: Conn CC 38K project.
Conn CC sousaphone bell and s# https://imgur.com/gallery/wZl0r" target="_blankbigtubby wrote:1. No bell?
2. Outside circumference of bell tenon?
4. Outside circumference of bell bow where it enters first branch ferrule?
5. Any cracks / patches?
It is a 20K bell. There are no cracks that I have found, but I wouldn't be too surprised if one popped up while working on the 2nd branch. I'll measure the first branch ferrule in the morning.
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