Sousa's Giants

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No one is going to cart ME around and show me off like a circus animal!!

Oh, how much does it pay?? :oops:

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Fe, Fi, Fo, Fumapalooza, I smell the stench of a fiberglass sousa. :) (nothing rhymes with sousa)
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I want to get my hands on those last two raincatchers on the right in the section photo. Those things are massive!
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Tubajug wrote:I want to get my hands on those last two raincatchers on the right in the section photo. Those things are massive!
Ditto. :)
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Tubajug wrote:I want to get my hands on those last two raincatchers on the right in the section photo. Those things are massive!
According to the Conn Loyalist web page, those two 4-valve BBb "Grand Jumbo" (Conn's advertising term) raincatchers with 24" upright bells were referred to as the model 44K.

The comparable Grand Jumbo sousaphone with a 28" forward bell is the model 48K.

I have seen and played only one 44K. It is a magnificent sounding specimen.
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