Comments on: Why Lloyd can’t be left alone.

By: Curt

Curt — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:53:16 +0000

Oh yeah, guess who will be taking this sousaphone off your hands? Lloyd knew what he was doing buying it for $6.

Oh, by the way, great drawing Lauren!

By: Curt

Curt — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:42:55 +0000

I am no expert by all means, I only know how to play it (and not that very well anymore). From a logistical view, the sousaphone, since it is bigger, is for projecting louder sound and is easier to hold while standing, therefore much more prevalent in marching bands. The sousaphone can be made out of all brass or fiberglass or both. The tuba is mainly used in non-marching bands, although there are marching tubas. I have only played B-flat tubas. There are other types that I am not familliar with.

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:58:33 +0000

Heh. Hearing Marzipan in my mind is how I always remember the spelling… Ooo-koo-LAY-lay…

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:41:36 +0000

That very topic was my gateway into the world of Homestar Runner.

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:18:25 +0000

Can and will.

By: Lauren'sdad

Lauren'sdad — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:07:56 +0000

Now you can blow your own horn, Lloyd!

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:04:00 +0000

I think sousaphones are used in marching mostly…and they wrap around your neck. Oh, and a sousaphone can have a non-metal bell. A tuba doesn’t have to wrap, and it’s all metal. But I’m not really sure. Let’s ask Curt. Curt?

By: Deborah

Deborah — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:56:07 +0000

So, what’s the difference between a sousophone and a tuba?

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:44:38 +0000

I really had no intention of bidding on this, much less of buying it. I really don’t know how it even happened. I was pleasently suprised to find out that it would find in the back seat of a Honda Civic.

By: Brad

Brad — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:48:57 +0000

I hope Lloyd’s not getting his family’s Christmas presents at these auctions:

“Oh, thank you Lloyd! What is it?”
“It’s a machine that folds toothpaste boxes. Merry Christmas!”

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:37:42 +0000

Curt wants a sousaphone. And he’s a mad sousophone playing maching. For real. I even had to march next to him in high school.

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:36:27 +0000

Um…because it’s spelled Ukulele.

By: Deanne

Deanne — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:23:09 +0000

Lloyd should learn how to play it and you guys can have a tuba, I mean a sousaphone & ukelele duet.

(Hey, why doesn’t my spell checker recognize ukelele?)