Long Beach Municipal Band, 1951

7 images. Long Beach Municipal Band, 15 November 1951. Otto Bartosh; Louis Iannucci; Band playing in the auditorium.; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Emery. Date: 1951-11-15. Reporter: Phister to rewrite. Assignment: Long Beach Municipal band. 44, 83: Otto Bartosh testing tones of his sousaphone on electronic stroboscopic tone analyser. This is the new, streamlined way to test for accurate pitch. 45: Louis Iannucci shows how it was done the old way --- testing flute pitch with B-flat tuning bar, by ear. 82, 60, 61: Several members of band listening to play-back of their own concert, to study improving their part. Left to right (clockwise starting at left foreground): Otto Bartosh, sousaphone; Garrett DeKay, euphonium; Louis Iannucci, flute; Eugene La Barre, band leader; Harold Stephens, saxophone; Victor Wessell, trombone; Paul Hennel, cornet. 22, 23: Long shots, band playing in Municipal Auditorium".