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Detailed explanation-1: -The sousaphone was created by redesigning the tuba in a larger size. John Philip Sousa, the famous American conductor and composer of many marching tunes, came up with the idea for the sousaphone. An instrument manufacturer completed it as a special order in 1890.

Detailed explanation-2: -sousaphone. noun [ C ] /ˈsuː.zə.fəʊn/ us. /ˈsuː.zə.foʊn/ a large tuba (= a metal musical instrument played by blowing) with tubes that go round the player’s body, sometimes used in marching musical groups.

Detailed explanation-3: -John Philip Sousa gained great proficiency on the violin, and at the age of 13 he was almost persuaded to join a circus band. However, his father intervened and enlisted him as an apprentice musician in the Marine Band.

Detailed explanation-4: -The sousaphone is named after John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), who had early sousaphones made according to his specifications in the late nineteenth century. Both the J.W.