diff -r 267e09700978 Doc/library/sunau.rst
--- a/Doc/library/sunau.rst	Sun Sep 01 19:52:08 2013 +0200
+++ b/Doc/library/sunau.rst	Sun Sep 01 22:10:33 2013 +0300
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 
 .. method:: AU_read.getparams()
 
-   Returns a tuple ``(nchannels, sampwidth, framerate, nframes, comptype,
+   Returns a :func:`~collections.namedtuple` ``(nchannels, sampwidth, framerate, nframes, comptype,
    compname)``, equivalent to output of the :meth:`get\*` methods.
 
 
diff -r 267e09700978 Lib/sunau.py
--- a/Lib/sunau.py	Sun Sep 01 19:52:08 2013 +0200
+++ b/Lib/sunau.py	Sun Sep 01 22:10:33 2013 +0300
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         getcomptype()   -- returns compression type ('NONE' or 'ULAW')
         getcompname()   -- returns human-readable version of
                            compression type ('not compressed' matches 'NONE')
-        getparams()     -- returns a tuple consisting of all of the
+        getparams()     -- returns a namedtuple consisting of all of the
                            above in the above order
         getmarkers()    -- returns None (for compatibility with the
                            aifc module)
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@
 is destroyed.
 """
 
+from collections import namedtuple
+
+_sunau_params = namedtuple('_sunau_params',
+                           'nchannels sampwidth framerate nframes comptype compname')
+
 # from <multimedia/audio_filehdr.h>
 AUDIO_FILE_MAGIC = 0x2e736e64
 AUDIO_FILE_ENCODING_MULAW_8 = 1
@@ -242,9 +247,9 @@
             return 'not compressed'
 
     def getparams(self):
-        return self.getnchannels(), self.getsampwidth(), \
-                  self.getframerate(), self.getnframes(), \
-                  self.getcomptype(), self.getcompname()
+        return _sunau_params(self.getnchannels(), self.getsampwidth(),
+                  self.getframerate(), self.getnframes(),
+                  self.getcomptype(), self.getcompname())
 
     def getmarkers(self):
         return None
@@ -381,9 +386,9 @@
         self.setcomptype(comptype, compname)
 
     def getparams(self):
-        return self.getnchannels(), self.getsampwidth(), \
-                  self.getframerate(), self.getnframes(), \
-                  self.getcomptype(), self.getcompname()
+        return _sunau_getparams(self.getnchannels(), self.getsampwidth(),
+                  self.getframerate(), self.getnframes(),
+                  self.getcomptype(), self.getcompname())
 
     def tell(self):
         return self._nframeswritten
diff -r 267e09700978 Lib/test/test_sunau.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_sunau.py	Sun Sep 01 19:52:08 2013 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sunau.py	Sun Sep 01 22:10:33 2013 +0300
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from test.support import run_unittest, TESTFN
 import unittest
+import pickle
 import os
 
 import sunau
@@ -60,6 +61,27 @@
         self.assertEqual(nframes, self.f.getnframes())
         self.assertEqual('ULAW', self.f.getcomptype())
         self.assertEqual(self.f.readframes(nframes), output)
+
+    def test_getparams(self):
+        self.f = sunau.open(TESTFN, 'w')
+        self.f.setnchannels(nchannels)
+        self.f.setsampwidth(sampwidth)
+        self.f.setframerate(framerate)
+        self.f.setcomptype('ULAW', '')
+        output = b'\0' * nframes * nchannels * sampwidth
+        self.f.writeframes(output)
+        self.f.close()
+
+        self.f = sunau.open(TESTFN, 'rb')
+        params = self.f.getparams()
+        self.assertEqual(params.nchannels, nchannels)
+        self.assertEqual(params.sampwidth, sampwidth)
+        self.assertEqual(params.framerate, framerate)
+        self.assertEqual(params.nframes, nframes)
+        self.assertEqual(params.comptype, 'ULAW')
+
+        dump = pickle.dumps(params)
+        self.assertEqual(pickle.loads(dump), params)
         self.f.close()