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1891 Conn Sousa?
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 11:58 pm
by Furguson11
In Champlin, a suburb of Minneapolis. $1500
1891 would make it the oldest Sousa ever I think : )
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 9276138751
Re: 1891 Conn Sousa?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2022 12:00 am
by bort2.0
Dang, I drove right past there last weekend. Not interested in the tuba, but it does look neat.
Re: 1891 Conn Sousa?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:30 pm
by humBell
If anyone feels compelled to correct them, serial number suggests it was made in 1925...
My running theory is that in haste they didn't count the number of digits in the serial number when comparing to the list (but at a glance, then they would think it was made in 1889?j
Hooray for Eb!
Re: 1891 Conn Sousa?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:30 am
by iiipopes
No. The style of the braces and ferrules is newer than that - wayyyy newer. And please do the basic math: JWPepper constructed the prototype in 1893. C.G. didn't start making souzys until 1898. I know, I'm preaching to the choir. But I don't want anyone to get duped. A nice souzy? Yes. Assuming it is playable and in good shape, reasonably priced. But definitely not what the seller claims it is.