UPDATE: A happy ending for a Tacoma man whose rare musical instrument was stolen from his garage. In July, Pat Van Haren offered a reward for help finding a rare sousaphone he spent years restoring.

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Big black and white letters that spelled out "Preservation Hall New Orleans" made the jazz band's sousaphone hard to miss. That was, at least, until it went missing. "If you're trying to identify the ...

LITTLETON, Colo. — Two marching band members from Chatfield High School are leading the way in raising money for new instruments. Sophomores Carter Musson and Sam Stephens are sousaphone players in ...

When Uncle Buddy's old sousaphone needed a home, Ruth Barker and her husband, Gary, adopted the large instrument that once belonged to legendary jazz musician Buddy Hayes. "For years he played ...

Members of the sousaphone section of the University of Illinois’ marching band, the Marching Illini, recently used their local celebrity for good when they ran the Illinois Marathon 5K—with their ...

Fans may rave about the tuba players in the UC Berkeley Marching Band. Technically, though, they’re playing sousaphones — and the Cal Band calls them “basses.” Whatever you call them, though, those ...

Julius Mckee is a member of The Dirty Dozen Brass Band in New Orleans. He's also one of the premier sousaphone players in the country. In the first of a four-part series, Mckee discusses the joy of ...