Labels:bulletin board | person | reckoner | sky | vegetarianism OCR: FACTS BoX NAME: SOUSAPHONE FAMILY: Brass BRASS PITCH RANGE: At least two octaves. MATERIAL: Brass. Lightweight udel COMP RANGE LETE are made of fiberglass. SIZE: The length ofunwound tube is between 13 and 18 H 4-5.5 ORIGINS: The sousaphone was built by the Amer can company Conn n 1898 after design by the American bandmaster John Philip Sousa 185 4-1932 from whom the instrument gains its name CLASSIFICATION: Aerophone: an instrurnent that produces its sound by the vibration of a column of air DID YOU KNOW? The first model had an upward l-pointing bell and was known the 'rain-catcher!" The design of today has the bell facing forward instead dighrweicht models total unwound gain