Subcontrabass saxophone - Wikipedia
The subcontrabass saxophone is the largest of the family of saxophones that Adolphe Sax described in his 1846 patent. He called it the saxophone bourdon, named after the very low-pitched 32′ bourdon pedal stop on large pipe organs. Although Sax planned to build one, the first playable instrument was only built in 2010.
This is the largest playable saxophone in the world, and it …
2018年1月24日 · Enjoy this wonderful video of Italian jazz musician Attilio Berni, a graduate of the Santa Cecilia Conservatory, performing ‘Cute’ on the biggest playable saxophone in the world and the smallest: the subcontrabass saxophone and the soprillo. The ensemble is …
How to Find the Best Subcontrabass Saxophone - Brass 'n Wind
The subcontrabass saxophone is the biggest and lowest-pitched instrument of the saxophone family. Going down from the alto sax, there’s the tenor saxophone and baritone saxophone, which are both common.
The J’Élle Stainer Subcontrabass Saxophone: The Overview/Review
2012年3月5日 · The sub-contrabass saxophone is a model of saxophone that Adolphe Sax designed and planned, but never realized. Adolphe Sax was a unique personage, with an early and highly developed musical intelligence that led him from an early age to experiment and make musical instruments of excellent workmanship.
Discover the Subcontrabass Saxophone - Instruments of Music
The subcontrabass saxophone is a woodwind instrument and the lowest and largest instrument in the saxophone family. This single-reed aerophone is often tuned to Bb and is pitched two octaves lower than the common tenor saxophone.
Subcontrabass Saxophone - Music Hub
J’Élle Stainer created the prototype of the first true subcontrabass saxophone. It is based on their compact contrabass design, nicknamed the trashcan due to its double-wrap making it very short but very wide, but tuned a fourth lower in Bb. The prototype was unveiled in 2010.
The J’Élle Stainer Subcontrabass Saxophone: The Video
2012年3月4日 · Attilio is the man who runs the Italian Saxophobia project, and has hundreds of the rarest saxophones in the world. Attilio Berni is also the man who happens to own the one and only subcontrabass saxophone, that was built by J’Élle Stainer of Brazil.
Jay C. Easton: The Subcontrabass Saxophone
Over 150 years after Adolphe Sax patented the "Saxophone Bourdon," someone has finally built a real working Bb subcontrabass saxophone. There have been attempts to make a real and playable saxophone deeper than the contrabass, but none have ever come to fruition until now.
J’ELLE STAINER Double Bb SUB-CONTRABASS SAXOPHONE
The sub-contrabass J'Elle Stainer is exactly as Sax had envisioned. It’s a prototype, a unique piece entirely made by hand (pads included) whose design and construction took three years of work! The body tube has an overall length of almost 6 meters and obviously it has a very dark and almost cavernous sound.
The J’Élle Stainer Subcontrabass Saxophone: A Photo Essay
2012年3月6日 · Over the past 2 days I have featured articles about the subcontrabass saxophone built by Brazil’s J’Élle Stainer company. The saxophone is owned by Attilio Berni, who runs the Italian Saxophobia project.