Posted by K on December 17, 2003 at 17:05:35:
In Reply to: Re: Pan American Sousaphones posted by Lee Stofer on December 17, 2003 at 08:41:29:
"Aside from the ferrules and engraving, they were identical to Conns. Your Pan Am had a leak somewhere if it didn't
play well."
One difference more according to my memory:
The older Conn BBb sousas had a fixed top crook in the first valve tubing. At least still in, when my 40K was made. Later on they had that top crook mounted on a slide (good for intonation inseated playing), while the Pan Americans kept the fixed crook.
Klaus