大型黃銅吹管樂器,命名來自美國(guó) 20 世紀(jì)初樂隊(duì)指揮和作曲家 Philip Sousa,-phone,聲音, 樂器。因該樂器最初為該樂隊(duì)打造而得名。
The first sousaphone was made by C.G. Conn in 1899 expressly for Sousa's band and its bell opened directly upward. The present bell-front type was first made in 1908. ["International Cyclopedia of Music," 1939]