Re: Re: King Giant gold plated Sousa


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Posted by Volker on July 19, 2002 at 09:32:15:

In Reply to: Re: King Giant gold plated Sousa posted by Sam on July 18, 2002 at 18:22:15:

Hi Sam, good to hear about your experience - which is just the same as mine!
I recently got such a King Giant in mint original condition. Then I looked around for gathering infos on this wonderful type of horn. Amongst all the enthusiastic statements that I found in various old mails on this BBS, I also stumbled over
http://cartoonsforkids.com/CoolTubas/GiantKing.htm where you can see the King Giant Sousa that was carried at Disney Land opening parade by Clarence Karella.
In the text, this sousa is highly praised for it's great work of art, but said to play like crap.
When I carefully compared the pics with my Giant, I saw a difference in the lead pipe shape and length; maybe there was an early manipulation, and the horn thus did not play well. Anyway, under CoolTubas you find an interesting collection pictured.
Volker



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