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Re: Question about Fillmore Sousaphone

Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2023 9:16 pm
by gilbee
bloke wrote: Sat Jul 08, 2023 9:13 pm To me the 1250A looks like a 1250 (basically the 2350 size sousaphone of today) SIMPLY with less bell flair/pancake.


...of imagine putting a King RECORDING BASS bell (22") on a REGULAR 4/4 body, EXCEPT with a FULL 90-DEGREE "sousaphone" bell elbow. 4

so...in my opinion re: your hypothesis...no. :teeth:
Yeah, I was trying to find amongst the pictures the models that had the closest match to the tubing routing as mine without much attention to the rest of the instrument.

Re: Question about Fillmore Sousaphone

Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2023 9:39 pm
by LeMark
gilbee wrote: Sat Jul 08, 2023 9:13 pm Also, just a point of information, a few people have PM’d me about the horn, I don’t yet have the ability to reply as my post count isn’t high enough. Maybe I’ll get there soon and can respond back to y’all.

You should leave an email address or some other way for people to contact you.