Posted by Marty Neilan on June 27, 2000 at 16:42:19:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: BBb versus CC posted by Rick Denney on June 27, 2000 at 10:48:47:
>>>"Jacobs does say that the instrument is just a piece of brass.
But I didn't see him playing a Sousaphone in the Chicago Symphony."
There are a lot of brass repairmen and instrument designers who would say that the famous 6/4 York is basically a Sousaphone rewrapped in an upright tuba configuration.
Marty 'good naturedly busting your chops' Neilan