Instrument

ID	10970
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	41k
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Date Made
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Description
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ID	10660
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model
Serial#	121334
Date Made	1911
Prod. Range
Pitch	Eb HP/LP
Description	Bell: 19in Bore: .68
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ID	10307
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	New Invention
Serial#
Date Made
Prod. Range
Pitch	BBb
Description
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ID	10274
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	Sousaphone
Serial#
Date Made
Prod. Range
Pitch	BBb
Description
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ID	10179
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	Giant
Serial#
Date Made
Prod. Range
Pitch	Eb
Description
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ID	10178
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	48k
Serial#
Date Made
Prod. Range
Pitch	BBb
Description	Bell: 36in KiltieTuba: This is the 50th Anniversary CG Conn Grand Jumbo 48K with 36in bell- quadruple satin gold plating with silver highlights, extra trim, engraving all over both sides of the bell and on the body trim
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ID	10177
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	42k
Serial#
Date Made
Prod. Range
Pitch
Description	Bell: 26in Bore: .773
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ID	10176
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	Wonderphone Standard
Serial#	130866
Date Made	1913
Prod. Range
Pitch	Eb
Description	Bell: 17in
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ID	10156
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	68K Grand
Serial#
Date Made
Prod. Range
Pitch	BBb
Description
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ID	9239
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	Jumbo Grand 46K
Serial#
Date Made	1924
Prod. Range
Pitch	BBb
Description	The Biggest 3 valve Conn made discontinued 1929
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ID	9190
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model
Serial#	145652
Date Made	1917
Prod. Range
Pitch	BBb
Description	Bell 23.5in .742 this horn becomes the earliest example of a bell forward Conn that we have collected.
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ID	8891
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	20k Raincatcher
Serial#
Date Made
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Description	Seller says that this model was in a 1950’s catalog and sported a 24in 25J bell on a 20K body
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ID	8711
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	20K
Serial#	381281
Date Made
Prod. Range
Pitch
Description
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ID	7653
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model
Serial#	209425
Date Made	1924
Prod. Range
Pitch
Description	34 & 42 were the raincatcher LP/ BBb 3p models (probably this is a 34)
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ID	3950
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model
Serial#	80117
Date Made	1903
Prod. Range
Pitch	BBb
Description	Bell Collar 9.75in. Bell: 30in Kenton: It looks to me like a 40k, but it is too early. The listings on the Conn Loyalist provide dates based on when Conn started using a numbering system. In any case, it is the earliest date-able bell-forward sousa we have. There is a 10 stamped in the bell collar (no K) and is probably just to mate the bell and the body. And, it plays about 15 cents flat. Pryorphone: The Pepper/"raincatcher" was built c.1892 The Conn version 1898. I suspect this is, in fact, an early Conn bell-forward. Note that the bell collar of an early Conn is reversed from this: http://www.xs4all.nl/~cderksen/ConnSousaphone1898image.html This one LOOKS orginal (from here) because of the brace going up. The flatness just verifies the early-20th date, the horn was likely built to the former (A=135) international standard, as was my Conn double-bell euphonium. Since it was built to the early international std. (and not "high"), I would suspect it was made for a professional touring group, like Sousas, and perhaps special order, which is probably why they also made the forward bell so early. Kenton: It appears to me that this horn has undergone some modifications. It has a lacquered bell, and at this point I am assuming that underneath is a silver bell, that has been altered so that it would look like other sousas in a section. I can not imagine that anyone would lacquer over a gold wash, but who knows. (unless it was damaged) And, if the durn thing is not heavy enough, there is a lot of protective ribs on it. 3 to the outside and one on the front profile, and probably one on the back profile as well. Original? Pryorphone: There WERE Conn horns made with a similar protective rib reinforcement. Bell diameter? Kenton: 30 inches, and it does have the "after-ring" effect. And, the bell collar is even larger than the 40k by 3/8" Pryorphone: Sounds like a 48K or pre-48K Conn BBb Jumbo. If the serial number is correct, my guess is that they made it for a professional touring group (like Sousas) to the "old" internation standard pitch. Pryorphone: The bell engraving, at least, is later than the serial number. "Conn, Ltd" did not begin until 1915.
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ID	3072
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	28K
Serial#	355045.
Date Made	1943
Prod. Range
Pitch	Eb
Description	Eb 4v
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ID	2586
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model
Serial#
Date Made
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Description	This horn was originally listed as a 48K but that appears to be an error.
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ID	1946
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	32K
Serial#
Date Made
Prod. Range
Pitch	BBb
Description	4 valve
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ID	1932
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	14K
Serial#
Date Made	1962
Prod. Range
Pitch	BBb
Description
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ID	1040
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	48k?
Serial#
Date Made
Prod. Range
Pitch	BBb
Description	bell outside diameter is 26, throat dia 9 1/4 in
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ID	589
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	20k
Serial#	925843
Date Made	1961
Prod. Range
Pitch	BBb
Description
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ID	432
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	32K
Serial#	272095
Date Made	1929
Prod. Range
Pitch	BBb
Description	bell 24 in Bell receiver 6&1/2in
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ID	83
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model
Serial#	206995
Date Made	1924
Prod. Range
Pitch	Eb
Description	Eb 4 valve Sousaphone It has a 23" bell and stands 50". Displayed courtesy of Phils Rugs and Relics
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ID	79
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	38K
Serial#
Date Made	1941
Prod. Range
Pitch	BBb
Description
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ID	78
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	40K
Serial#	174151
Date Made	1920
Prod. Range
Pitch	BBb
Description	It has a 24" bell, an 7 3/8" bell collar interior diameter, and a .734 bore. What Conn said in 1926: The New Wonder Model Sousaphone Grand Basses are the largest members of the Sousaphone family. Built in BBb, with either three or four valves, they add a deep and sonorous voice to any ensemble in which they may be used. The splendid impression made by these instruments in point of appearance is a matter of remark everywhere. Due to the hydraulic expansion process of manufacture, these instruments are perfectly proportioned, and accurate intonation is therefore invariably obtained. The inside of the tubing is smooth as glass, having been "ironed out" by pressure of 10,000 pounds or more, and as a result the softest pianissimo passages, encountering little resistance, can be played with great effect. This is proof of the easy blowing quality of the Conn Sousaphone Grand Bass. Even better, what Sousa said: In an interview with John Philip Sousa the Christian Science Monitor of May 30, 1922 quoted him as follows: "...the Sousaphone received its name through a suggestion made by me to J.W. Pepper, the instrument manufacturer of Philadelphia, full 30 odd years ago.. . . It was immediately taken up by other instrument makers, and is today manufactured in its greatest degree of perfection by the C.G. Conn Company..." This instrument manufactured in 1920, and was the flagship of Conns sousaphone line of instruments, and is undoubtedly the instrument to which Sousa was referring.
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ID	64
Instrument	Sousaphone
Maker	Conn
Model	26K
Serial#	410899
Date Made	1952
Prod. Range
Pitch	Eb
Description	Another on eBay - E32076
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