Talk:Sousaphone

message: *How does the choice of materials (fiberglass vs. brass) affect the tone of the instrument?
Playing either one, I notice a brighter, "brassier" tone from a brass sousaphone.  I can't tell the difference between either one from afar, and particularly from within a full band.
*Does the "sock" affect the tone of the instrument (i.e., are socks acoustically transparent)?
Socks are acoustically transparent, not unlike a speaker cover.
I disagree.  The sock is generally not engineered like the grill on a loudspeaker: it tends to be more closely woven.  The sock causes a loss of volume of perhaps 20%.  This may be acceptable in a band with 10 Sousaphones, but if there is but one or two, sound will carry better if the sock is avoided altogether.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.163.106.71 (talk) 22:07, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggestions for improving the article

message: It may seem picky but there are better pictures of sousaphone stances instead of the current sloppy picture, which is not against the female, for i have females in my section.
69.251.129.220 12:21, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  picture 

message: sousaphone bits...what are they?
* The "bits" are the small brass tubes that fit into the neck; the mouthpiece fits into them, and they help bridge the gap between the neck and the player.--Frontierbrass 22:18, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  sousaphone bits 

message: What long term effects can the sousaphone have on players? So far the sousaphone has given me twisted vertebrae in my lower back. They are twisted to like 25 to 35 degrees from playing it in the marching at my highschool for the past 2 years and right now I'm in excrutiating pain and I have the Savannah St. Patrick's Day parade this Saturday. Are there any other problems associated with the sousaphone and anyways of maybe correctly holding the instrument to alleviate and/or prevent such things from happening? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.172.87.178 (talk) 23:33, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good stretching before and after a performance also helps.  I had a gf in college who played in sousaphone, she spent a huge amount of time stretching both prior to rehearsals and game days.  --Rocksanddirt 19:54, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Injuries 

message: The range of the instrument is needed. A fingering chart would be nice but is not really entirely necessary. Still, no kidding, it would be nice. Fewer pictures of people with the instrument. All those pictures look a bit ridiculous. Oh, and some good research. It seems like a lot of this information is not properly researched. I fixed a sentence that read tubas and sousaphones can play the same music. Generally true, except the sousaphone has a more restricted range. Gingermint (talk) 02:57, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: They both can play the same music, there are two key things though, it's much more difficult to play high on a Sousaphone, I don't quite understand the physics of it.  A tri-piston Sousaphone (standard) and a Tri-piston or tri-rotary valve Tuba have the exact same range.  A quad-pistoned Sousaphone (not standard) and a quad-piston or quad-rotary valve Tuba (standard) have the same range.  And John Sousa had it commissioned, I don't recall by who.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oakpack4 (talk • contribs) 23:22, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improvements 

message: You've stated and linked to Moore's Law, but you don't have to give an example of the law in the article. If someone isn't sure of the Law, (s)he can just follow the link and look it up. Anybody else have an opinion? Bob305 (talk) 01:21, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  What do automobiles have to do with Non-American Sousaphones???? 

message: In Indonesian culture, especially Jakarta culture, Sousaphone is the one musical instrument of Tanjidor. If you go to Jakarta, you can see the Tanjidor music. --114.79.1.26 (talk) 13:44, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sousaphone in [[Indonesia]]n culture 

message: Personally I think a range of E instead of E♭ on the low end and A♭ instead of B♭ on the high end would be more appropriate for the instrument. Thoughts on this?
Human-potato hybrid (talk) 05:09, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Range