painting a (brass) sousaphone a color...

[bloke]

I sold my fiberglass King that I fixed up really nice for myself.
(I bought something else - not a tuba - and didn't want to pull money out of the bank to buy that other thing.)

In the meantime, I've rounded up everything I need to build a BRASS King sousaphone, but I don't want to buff and lacquer it.

I don't like flat black sousaphones, I don't wish to paint it white...
I don't like bright-colored sousaphones, I'm done with super-attention-getting colors on them.

I HAVE a few cans of BRONZE FAUX HAMMER-FINISH RATTLE CAN PAINT.

It actually looks much MORE REALISTIC than this picture:

(your thoughts? Some parts are silver plated, and some are lacquered...I'd strip the lacquered parts and just spray the entire instrument with this...

POSSIBLY, I might do SMOOTH/SHINY bronze TINTED lacquer on the bell interior, slides and offsets (which would require buffing on those areas ONLY)...I DO HAVE some Nikolas bronze TINT for their 2105 clear lacquer.

[MikeS]

Is this guy still around? Wouldn’t you want your horn to have, “That sensational ‘55 Look?”

[catgrowlB]

You know my views on that. I'd say go ahead and paint it

[bloke]

You know my views on that. I'd say go ahead and paint it

Okay, but how would it affect the sound?
...and could I undo any negative characteristics brought on by using this paint with one of those heavy mouthpieces? What about heavy ambronze...??? or heavy double gold-plated ambronze...??