From:	Doctor Doom <JCH8169@*****.TAMU.EDU>
Subject:	Sousaphones
Date:	Mon, 1 Feb 93 22:55:18 CET

>>>>>[ Fraulein Jaez is quite correct (with the possible exception of the
connection of amphetamines and the speed of American marches). Sousaphones DO
exist (I know, I saw many in my college marching band) and were developed for a
very simple reason: A tuba is quite a massive instrument, and one would have
to support its weight solely with the arms were one to march or walk with it.
For extended periods this can be exceedingly tiresome. As a result, John Philip
Sousa altered the instrument such that the weight was transfered to the
shoulder, and hence much easier to endure for long periods. ]<<<<<
-- Doctor Doom <15:51:47/02-01-54>