When the Sousaphone first appeared in 1895, the idea of a large brass instrument that wound around the body and rested on the shoulder was nothing new. The concept goes way back to …

The sousaphone (/ ˈ s uː z ə f oʊ n / SOO-zə-fohn) is a brass musical instrument in the tuba family. Created around 1893 by J. W. Pepper at the direction of American bandleader John …

蘇沙號（英語： sousaphone ， 美國 / ˈ s uː z ə f oʊ n /)），或譯蘇沙風、蘇沙風號等，又稱扛號，是一種低音銅管樂器，派生自低音號（抱號）。 蘇沙號得名自 美國 作曲家、指揮家 約翰· …

2019年12月25日 · As this blog has made abundantly clear, the Sousaphone was created, at the request of the great bandmaster John Philip Sousa, by J. W. Pepper in 1895. But who all …

2024年11月2日 · When I stumbled upon this hobby of digging into Sousaphone history during the summer of 2012, I only intended to see if I could uncover the truth about the so-called …

The Helicon and Sousaphone are the European and American versions of a type of tuba that is designed to rest on the player’s shoulder while he walks. Around 1845 in Milan, Giuseppe …

2022年3月30日 · For about a century now, the most visible member of the tuba family-at least in America-has been the Sousaphone. Today, for example, if you catch… Happy spring! For this …

Les McCann began his musical career playing the Sousaphone in school. He later played drums before discovering the piano, which became the vehicle that launched him into the jazz world. …

2020年8月15日 · Hi all - while I wrote about this in the ITEA Journal back in 2015-2016, I finally pulled together a brief but engaging blog post that tells the story behind the original …

Styles still in use include the sousaphone, the helicon, the bell-front "recording" tuba, and the "Wagner" tuba designed for the Ring of Nibelung operas in 1876. Today they are also made in …