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 ...

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 ...

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.

"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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...