Hi all - while looking for something else entirely, I stumbled upon a photo of the Iroquois Band of Lancaster which includes the first ever sighting of the original Sousaphone after it disappeared in 1896!
You can read about it here: https://tubapastor.blogspot.com/2023/10 ... -1902.html
Enjoy!
I love it when this happens in my research!
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I love it when this happens in my research!
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Played an F. E. Olds 4-valve BBb in high school (late '70s)
Led the USC Trojan Marching Band tuba section (early '80s)
Now playing an F. Schmidt (=VMI) 3301 and goofing around
on a 1925 Pan American Sousaphone and an 1899 Conn tuba!
Led the USC Trojan Marching Band tuba section (early '80s)
Now playing an F. Schmidt (=VMI) 3301 and goofing around
on a 1925 Pan American Sousaphone and an 1899 Conn tuba!