Posted by Eric Howard on May 08, 2003 at 20:26:50:
In Reply to: How did you afford your horn? posted by Broke on May 08, 2003 at 18:31:43:
I can sympathize. It would take several seasons of municipal band to pay for a horn with which I would truly be satisfied.
A friend of mine had a nice old King souzie that he gave me for $20 several years ago. I had it fixed to playing condition for another $80. Very lucky I thought. It's been a great player (and is not for sale, sorry, I just realized this sounded like a sales pitch,)but is starting to get pretty darned heavy at the end of a 2 hour concert. (now that I'm on the downhill side of 40.)
Anyway, if you're a BBb kind of guy, you might luck into an affordable sousaphone that's a good player.