Well, we think you should buy a tuba. Here’s why. Technically, this tuba is a sousaphone, a valved brass instrument with the same tube length and musical range as other tubas. A sousaphone is ...

But it’s hard to miss “the hardest-blowing man” in the New Orleans-style brass band. He’s the one playing the sousaphone. Or is it the tuba? “That’s the most common question I get.

Q: What’s the difference between a tuba and a sousaphone? A: Actually, they are musically identical. The coiled length of a tuba is condensed, so it can be held within one person’s arms (while ...

"Every little nick and ding on that horn has a story behind it from a different place in the world, a different memory." The Preservation Hall tuba was returned on Monday. "I spent the day ...

COX: That's Julius Mckee, sousaphone player for The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and a master of music's lower frequencies. Listen for others who lay claim to the same title as our occasional series on ...

The resident of note is commonly known as the “Tuba Guy” around Fairfax, with a Facebook following of 141, headlines and blogs dedicated to his march. “I had this old sousaphone in the ...

the glaring cost of a new tuba (specifically, a sousaphone) matters more than ever. Tuba #6 (yes, the instrument) perished when UTSA wide receiver Marquez McNair ran into the band on the sidelines ...