Posted by Cazz on October 22, 1999 at 02:16:37:
In Reply to: Re: 1/2 size sousaphones posted by Joe S. on October 21, 1999 at 23:44:29:
I am assuming you are talking about an actual half-sized instrument, not just a slightly smaller skinnier sousaphone in regular tuba BBb pitch...
Hunt thru the archives here (sorry, not sure which month). There was a link to pictures of a "tenor sousa" on EBAY. Genuine half-sized sousaphones are in Bb (tenor) -- the same pitch as a trombone or euphonium. I posted at that time, because I had coincidentally seen another of this type just that week.
The title of the post was (approximately)
"L(AT)(AT)k, a piccolo sousaphone!"
The term "baby sousa" was used on the eBay site.
Cazz