Marco from Orkestra Del Sol _ Man playing musical instrument at the STOCKTON International Riverside Festival.

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The sousaphone was developed in the 1890s by Conn at the request of John Philip Sousa, who was unhappy with the hélicons used at that time by the United States Marine Band. The hélicon is an instrument that resembles the sousaphone in principle but has a far narrower bore, and a much smaller bell which points between straight up and to the player's left. Sousa wanted a tuba that would send sound upward and over the band with a full warm tone, much like a concert (upright) tuba, an effect which could not be achieved with the narrower-belled (and thus highly directional) hélicon.

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Location: Stockton-On-Tees, Teesside, UK
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