It is branded as "Roland Meinl Germany". The story - according to my trusted repairman - goes like this: The guy was a brass instrument builder in Franconia/Germany who imported parts from Asia and assembled them hisself in his shop. He was one of the first ones in Germany to do so. So the chinesium ...

Hello, I just bought a used Sousaphone. I am not a Tuba-Player, so I basically do know nothing about Tubas. I play the Euphonium. I found this instrument for a quite cheap price so I bought it to fool around a little bit. I am unsure of its pitch! It seems that the standard pitch of a Sousaphone is ...