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- Sousaphone, Used by Henry Ford's Early American Orchestra, circa 1925 - Henry Ford put together an "Old Time Orchestra" to play at his old-fashioned dances. In the early years, the orchestra included a fiddle, dulcimer, cimbalom-and this sousaphone. Maurice Castel played it, later switching to a string bass. About 1938, Castel, skilled in watch and clock repair, left the orchestra to work with Ford's collection of antique timepieces.
- circa 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Sousaphone, Used by Henry Ford's Early American Orchestra, circa 1925
Henry Ford put together an "Old Time Orchestra" to play at his old-fashioned dances. In the early years, the orchestra included a fiddle, dulcimer, cimbalom-and this sousaphone. Maurice Castel played it, later switching to a string bass. About 1938, Castel, skilled in watch and clock repair, left the orchestra to work with Ford's collection of antique timepieces.
- Sousaphone, circa 1905 -
- circa 1905
- Collections - Artifact
Sousaphone, circa 1905