Antique Musical Instruments/Buescher Sousaphone

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What is the best way to sell an antique brass sousaphone? How can I tell how old it is?

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Selling it is the easy part.  As long as you get good pictures and describe it accurately, you will get a fair price for it on eBay.  More difficult is shipping it. About the most cost effective way of doing that is by shipping it by bus.

You can determine the age by the serial number.  Check it against this chart:  

http://www.horn-u-copia.net/serial/Buescherlist.html

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Kenton Scott

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Please note: My area is BRASS instruments, not other wind, string or percussion instruments. I will provide information on antique, obscure and out of production BRASS instruments. 1) Please don't ask for evaluations, I'll not provide them on this site. 2) I am often asked very similar questions, so I'd invite you to first check on Horn-u-Copia.net. Much of the information I have garnered about this topic, I have posted on this WEB site.

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I perform in several historical bands, have informally researched the area, repair brass instruments, and operate a Forum dedicated to the topic at http://horn-u-copia.net

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B.S. Ed, M.S.

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