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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Be on the lookout for a wraparound tuba: Someone has stolen the signature sousaphone belonging to Preservation Hall in New Orleans. Creative director and musician Ben Jaffe wrote ...

NEW ORLEANS -- When it comes to missing or stolen items, this one is equally conspicuous and unique. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band's signature Sousaphone is missing. The group posted on its Facebook ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...