Portrait - Ned Walsh

Name/Title

Portrait - Ned Walsh

Entry/Object ID

2016x.50.167

Description

Band member, Ned Walsh, is posing with a sousaphone.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Walsh, Ned

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Windsor Mills

State/Province

Quebec

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Made/Created

Date made

1938

Research Notes

Notes

Sousaphone The sousaphone is a brass instrument, related to the tuba and hélicon. It is widely employed in marching band and tanjidor. Designed so that it fits around the body of the musician and is supported by the left shoulder, the sousaphone may be readily played while being carried. The instrument is named after American bandmaster and composer John Philip Sousa, who popularized its use in his band.