Proper Sousaphone Position - TubeNet - Chisham But for marching in formation, in a military style, the sideways configuration Dan pictured will result in the sousaphones invading each others' turf Plus, the sousaphone players will be having to wear berets instead of the same hats others wear When held properly, a sousaphone player should be able to wear a shako
Setting up a Sousaphones neck and bits - TubeNet - Chisham Some good advice I was given long ago was, "Don't go to the sousaphone (craning neck to meet mouthpiece), but make the instrument come to you " In other words, experiment with a sousaphone until you can play it in comfort with good posture If that doesn't work, consult your repairman
American Heavy Metal : Thoughts on classic BBb sousaphones I wanted to start a thread to collect thoughts on the classic souspahones as a reference point I'm playing an early fifties stencil, which gets the job done, but I imagine a day where I get hooked up with the sousaphone version of muscle car - American heavy metal with strength, grit, curves and style
Sousaphone Tuning Bits - TubeNet - Chisham My greater point - Sousaphone bits were originally created to solve an ergonomic issue Adding or removing them should be done to fix ergonomics, not for tuning Bloke's post does a better job of addressing the potential impact to the instrument's tone, but even that depends on if the instrument was designed for the bits to make that kind of
Sousaphone tuning help. . . THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!! - TubeNet - Chisham My 14K sousaphone plays pretty well in tune (better than a 20K), and I use normal fingerings and I tune the third valve for the 1-3 low C and then lip I need my left hand to stabilize the instrument and don't fiddle with the slides Yes, it's yet another approach, but you have to find what works on that particular instrument
CC sousaphone? - TubeNet But as far as I can see, the straight bell also represents a shorter acoustic length than the 2 conical knees and a bell flare needed for a bell forward sousaphone version Maybe a CC raincatcher would be possible, but the knee and the very wide diameter collars likely would have to be custom made Klaus
Sousaphone vs. Contra - TubeNet - Chisham The sousaphone was designed to turn a concert tuba into something easier to carry and they started out with the bell up Who ever decided to turn the sousaphone bell forward and make it much larger in diameter happened upon the secret to making a contrabass horn project well outdoors
Playing sousaphone without hurting my shoulder - TubeNet - Chisham I played a sousaphone all through school until my last semester of high school We used Wenger Conn King chairs in the band room, without fail When marching, I always had to hold the instrument up with my left hand, grabbing the circular bow just in front of my left shoulder
Painting a Fiberglass Sousaphone **UPDATE** - TubeNet - Chisham I need to figure out which one to purchase I'm hoping to paint the body a satin (gloss if I have to) Red and the the bell in 2 tones The outside of the bell will be a matching red with the inside being gold We really want to have the sousaphone painted in school colors (red and gold) By the way, I played this sousaphone for the first time
King fiberglass sousaphone: history information - TubeNet - Chisham Some models which had fallen out of favor (such as the King 1260 Eb sousaphone) were discontinued Post-1966 King BBb sousaphones seem to lack the full range of top-pull slides on 1 and 3 Bracing was altered slightly to increase durability, including a half-circle brace for the lower leadpipe