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    There’s a Tuba Crime Wave Sweeping America

    The only thing stranger than swiping one of the largest brass instruments around is how often it happens

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    The shiny brass Mario Corso tuba stood out for 12 years as one of the largest members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in New Orleans.

    It is roughly 4 feet long and weighs 38.5 pounds, which makes what happened last month sound like someone blowing hot air. A thief ran off with it, presumably slowly.

    “What were they thinking?” says Ben...