Thanks for all the help so far! Nice to read about the background of King as well. An interesting read for sure! Regarding the cleveland comment: it really says King on the bell, and only later in smaller font cleveland ohio. I found an image of a real Cleveland and that had Cleveland written where ...

matt g wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:29 am Photos of the instrument and photos of the valves?

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Hi there, New here and looking to buy my 1st sousaphone. I've played the trumpet for 20 years and the trombone for 5, and would like to make the switch to sousaphone in our street band. Ill properly introduce myself once I actually made the switch :) I got one to try and buy if I like it, but I want ...