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SO i got a sousa that is unbranded... trh problem is actually that i dont know what is the tone.... some one in the past cut the tuning slide pair of tubes ... one tuba man play the thing and tell me that THING tuned in D.... ITS kind of strange ... but i thin actualy isa CC but not a B\b SOUSA... also have differnt position of the reciever... ... and take smaller cone mouth piece .. i bilieve that is before 1961 because i saw this sousa on a picture of the local band.... thanks...

Is it possible that that's a India sousaphone intended to be pitched in E-flat, possibly built too long, and with a deep cup mouthpiece of yours playing it even flatter than it already is flat, or is my guess a bad guess?

What country are you located in?

If a local player is telling you it's pitched in D, it is possible it's a very low-pitch Eb sousaphone (which would be close to a modern D), but the slides look too long... hmm.

Interesting keel on the bottom. Maybe Czech/Austrian?

I wish I could be more helpful!

. some one in the past cut the tuning slide pair of tubes with a saw....... and is not cut strait.... is bad cut....SO i think tey try on the past to tuning on eb but they couldn
i am living in ITHACA GREECE

well...thick grease is probably good, but that won't raise the pitch to E-flat.

(BAD ENGLISH-SPEAKING JOKE/PUN...MEANT IN GOOD HUMOR...PLEASE FORGIVE ME !!!)

in aphoto from 1963 .... i observe that the slide tuning tube is much longer.....