Lowest of the sarrusophone family of wind instruments
Contrabass sarrusophone
Contrabass sarrusophone in E♭
Woodwind instrument
Classification
Wind
Aerophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
422.112 (Double reed aerophone with keys)
Inventor(s)
Pierre-Auguste Sarrus (concept)
Pierre-Louis Gautrot [fr] (patent)
Developed
Mid 19th century
Playing range
The contrabass sarrusophone sounds two octaves and a major sixth (E♭) or three octaves and a second (B♭) lower than written; the contrabass in C is written in bass clef and sounds an octave lower.[1]
Related instruments
Contrabassoon
Contraforte
Reed contrabass
Builders
Orsi (on request)
Eppelsheim (C only)
Historical:
Conn (E♭ only)
Couesnon & Co. [fr]
Evette & Schaeffer
Gautrot [fr]
Orsi
More articles or information
Sarrusophones:
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Baritone
Bass
Contrabass
The contrabass sarrusophone is the deepest of the family of sarrusophones, built in three sizes pitched in E♭, C or B♭. It was made in the 19th and early 20th centuries, primarily in France by its inventor and Parisian instrument maker Pierre-Louis Gautrot [fr] and his successor Couesnon & Co. [fr], and Evette & Schaeffer. It was also made in Italy by Milan manufacturers Romeo Orsi and Rampone & Cazzani, and in the United States by C. G. Conn, who built instruments in E♭ for US military bands.[1] Romeo Orsi and the German instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim make individual contrabass sarrusophones on request.[2][3]
^ abBlaikley, D. J. (2001). "Sarrusophone". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.24597. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
^"Instruments Made on Request". Milan: Romeo Orsi. Archived from the original on 18 June 2009.
^"Custom Made". Munich: Benedikt Eppelsheim Wind Instruments. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
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