Onto another school.
This one only has 11 sousaphones, but they have about 18 or so (not an exact count, because we repaired some of their stuff several weeks ago and I forget how many there were) marching brass...only two woodwinds.
These sousaphones are a mixture of 20K, King, and Jupiter.
Each year seems to have a theme that carries from one school to the next. This year it seems to be bent bell screws.
only 11
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Re: only 11
I've got the Kings and the Conn short-actions done (whereby those recent-vintage require a lot of time, because they are very thin and have a lot of surface area, thus many large dents). Also, to me the final vintage short-action valves were inferior, so it takes a lot of work to get them going up and down (as they never come into the shop going up and down).
The remainder are Jupiters. I used to really hate working on those - and I would still never own one for myself, but so many bands bought them that I'm actually the quickest at working on those, these days.
The remainder are Jupiters. I used to really hate working on those - and I would still never own one for myself, but so many bands bought them that I'm actually the quickest at working on those, these days.