Sarrusophone
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The sarrusophones are a family of metal double reed conical bore woodwind instruments patented and first manufactured by French instrument maker Pierre-Louis Gautrot in 1856. Gautrot named the sarruso
Sarrusophones, left to right: E♭ contrabass, B♭ bass, B♭ tenor, E♭ alto, B♭ soprano. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
B♭ Soprano and B♭ Bass Sarrusophones, Museu de la Música de Barcelona
Conn contrabass sarrusophone, c. 1920–1925. Conn started making E♭ contrabass sarrusophones in 1921; about 300 were made in total, about half for the US Army Quartermaster Corps.)
Contrabass sarrusophone
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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 in
Sarrusophone
…marching music. Although originally designed as double-reed instruments, single-reed mouthpieces were later developed for use with the larger bass and contrabass sarrusophones. The sarrusophone was manufactured in the following sizes and had the following theoretical ranges…
Contrabass sarrusophone in E♭