Alto sarrusophone
High pitched member of the sarrusophone family of wind instruments
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The alto sarrusophone is the alto member of the sarrusophone family of metal double reed instruments. Pitched in E♭, its body is folded only once, and has a bocal that resembles the neck of a tenor saxophone.
Hornbostel–Sachs classification422.112
(Double reed aerophone with keys)
(Double reed aerophone with keys)
Inventors
- Pierre-Auguste Sarrus (concept)
- Pierre-Louis Gautrot (patent)
DevelopedMid 19th century
 Alto sarrusophone in E♭, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | |
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| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 422.112 (Double reed aerophone with keys) |
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Historically it was built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries principally by its inventor, Parisian instrument maker Pierre-Louis Gautrot and his successor, Couesnon & Co., as well as Evette & Schaeffer (now Buffet Crampon) and Romeo Orsi of Milan. It is currently only available by custom order, from Orsi or German instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim.[2][3]
