Re: Conn sousaphone wrap?


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Posted by Gus Pratt on January 23, 2004 at 15:58:05:

In Reply to: Conn sousaphone wrap? posted by K on January 23, 2004 at 09:57:44:


Although the wrap looks like that of a King, I would not dismiss it as being a Conn. The current Conn 36K fieberglas sousaphone uses the King wrap, so it is probable that at one time in the not so distant past, UMI may have marketed a Conn brass sousaphone using the King wrap. I would ask for a serial number and if it is a recent serial number then I'd assume it is a Conn. Since UMI owns both Conn and King now I don't know whether you would call it a King stencil or not. The other possibility is an older King body with a Conn bell.


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