Strictly Oompah

Me with the original Sousaphone in 2015; Conrad with Conn's first in 1898; the restored Harvard Tuba in 2019 1. The history of the Sous...

When I stumbled upon this hobby of digging into Sousaphone history during the summer of 2012, I only intended to see if I could ...

This is the research project that I am currently plugging away on. I started a few years back, but then got distracted (happily!) with Th...

This page is under construction, but here's what I've got so far: Initial post on Sousa and Sousaphones (1896-1931) And here are the...

Most band musicians are at least vaguely aware that C. G. Conn once made the best band instruments in the world. In particular, he made the ...

Ever since a couple of dear friends surprised me with a vintage Conn tuba  back in February, I've enjoyed digging into the history of Co...

Gallery: The basics about all twelve known subcontrabass tubas My initial blog post about the wonderful world of Giant Tubas! The emerging h...