Sousa was instrumental in the design of the sousaphone, a bass one of these with an upright bell
These basses are coiled vertically and held upright aslant the player's 
body, ... with the bell resting across one shoulder, and the American sousaphone,
... [DOC] [TLE] The History of the Tuba Family and Its Related Keys Essay - Paper ... [PAR] It is also one of the only orchestral instruments which has initially been patented 
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