His instruments were unique and strange – continuing a series of “firsts” by building the first American-made saxophone and the first sousaphone. “C.G. Conn, the factory itself, was really ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Another Los Angeles-area high school marching band has had its tubas ...

The instruments – six Conn sousaphones and eight Jupiter sousaphones worth about $3,000 each – were taken sometime in December or early January. ...

Sour Notes: Thieves Target Tubas, Sousaphones : The Two-Way High prices for the instruments and the banda music craze have combined to make tubas hot properties. Some schools are now without any.

When Uncle Buddy's old sousaphone needed a home, Ruth Barker and her husband, Gary, adopted the large instrument that once belonged to legendary jazz musician Buddy Hayes. "For years he ...