Subcontrabass saxophone
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The subcontrabass saxophone is the largest of the family of saxophones that Adolphe Sax described in his 1846 patent. In the patent paperwork, he called it the saxophone bourdon, named after the very
Eppelsheim full-size subcontrabass in B♭
Saxophone
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The saxophone is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr
Subcontrabass saxophone
…The subcontrabass saxophone is the largest of the family of saxophones that Adolphe Sax described in his 1846 patent. In the patent paperwork, he called it the saxophone bourdon, named after the very low-pitched 32′ bourdon…
Tenor saxophone mouthpieces, ligatures, reed, and cap
Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone
In a rare early inclusion in an orchestral score, the saxophone was used in Gioachino Rossini's Robert Bruce (1846)
A US Seventh Fleet Band sailor with a tenor saxophone in Hong Kong