Reynolds Sousaphone nostalgia


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Posted by Greg Crider on March 19, 2001 at 15:14:02:

Does anyone else out there remember the old Reynolds Contempora BBb metal sousaphones with fondness? I used one for a couple of years in high school, and I have never come across a horn with better intonation, richer tone, and easier facility. Its valves were lightning fast, and it took less work to play well than any other other horn I've ever used. Its only problem was that it was fairly easy to overblow. It was destroyed a few years after I graduated, or I would have bought it. I've since owned or played Meinl-Weston, Mirafone, and Yamaha, and no other horn could match it.


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