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	Saxophone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The saxophone was created in the early 1840s by Adolphe Sax, a Belgian-born instrument-maker and clarinetist working in Paris, and was first officially revealed to the public in the patent of 1846 (which was granted to him on May 17).
		The instrument, which combined a saxophone bore and keys with a bell shaped similar to that of a heckelphone, was intended to imitate the timbre of the English horn and was produced only between 1928 and 1930.
		Virtually all saxophones are transposing instruments: Sopranino, alto and baritone saxophones are in the key of E-flat, and soprano, tenor and bass saxophones are in the key of B-flat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saxophone (3192 words)

	Encyclopedia: Baritone saxophone
		Alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a family of woodwind instruments invented by Adolphe Sax.
		Baritone saxophone players in marching groups often use a special harness that distributes the weight of the instrument onto the player's back instead of around his neck, as is the conventional way of supporting the instrument.
		The baritone saxophone, however, is the only member of the saxophone family which often possesses a "low A" key (sounding concert C, the same pitch as the lowest note on the cello), whereas most other saxophones descend only to a fingered B-flat (sounding pitch depending on the key of the particular instrument).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Baritone-saxophone (1121 words)

	Encyclopedia: Soprano saxophone
		The soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument.
		The soprano is the second in size of the sax family which consists, as generally accepted, (from smallest to largest) of sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass,and contrabass.
		Due to its similarity in tone to the instrument, the soprano saxophone is sometimes used as a substitute for the oboe.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Soprano-saxophone (698 words)

	Alto saxophone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The alto saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a family of woodwind instruments invented by Adolphe Sax.
		The alto is the fourth in size of the sax family which consists from smallest to largest of sopranissimo (or Soprillo), sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass, and subcontrabass.
		The alto saxophone is a transposing instrument and reads the treble clef in the key of E-flat (that is to say, a written C will sound as E-flat concert, a major sixth lower).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alto_saxophone (286 words)

	Tenor saxophone - tScholars.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax.
		C-melody saxophones became extremely common during the saxophone craze in the period 1918-1929, and many (perhaps as many as a million) of these instruments were sold.
		The tenor saxophone is used in many ensembles such as concert band, marching band, jazz ensemble, and occasionaly in symphony orchestras.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Tenor_saxophone (399 words)

	Tubax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The tubax is a modified saxophone developed in 1999 by the German instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim.
		Although the tubax has the same fingering as a regular saxophone, it has a much narrower (though still conical) bore, somewhat like that of a sarrusophone, though not as narrow, so there is some controversy over whether it is technically a true saxophone.
		It has the same register as a regular contrabass saxophone but is much more compact and thus more manageable due to its tubing being folded more times.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tubax (236 words)

	jasmusic.com : Types of Saxophones
		A conventional Subcontrabass saxophone is just about impossible to build, but an alternate model based on the Tubax is being sold by the manufacturer of the same.
		Subcontrabass Tubaxes are normally played from a standing position, while the instrument stands on the ground.
		Subcontrabass Tubaxes have been sold on special order from Benedikt Eppelsheim Blasinstrumente for EU 16,000.
	www.jasmusic.com /saxophones.php (586 words)

	Baritone saxophone - tScholars.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The baritone saxophone is used in classical music (particularly in the saxophone quartet, of which it is a member), but composers have rarely called for it in orchestral music, and it has a comparatively small solo repertoire.
		The baritone is an important instrument in the big band, being the largest size of saxophone used in that ensemble (although the bass saxophone was occasionally used up to the 1940s).
		Since the mid-1950s, master baritone saxophone soloists such as Gerry Mulligan and Pepper Adams achieved fame, and more recent notable performers include Hamiet Bluiett (who also plays bass saxophone) and John Surman (who doubles on soprano).
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Baritone_saxophone (726 words)

	The Saxophone Family - Wikibooks
		There are two smaller varities of saxophone, the sopranino (in Eb, an octave above the alto, in both straight and curved versions), and newly developed, the soprillo saxophone (sopranissimo) in Bb, an octave above the soprano, straight version only (as of 2005).
		The lowest pitch saxophone, the baritone is an E flat instrument.It is the largest common saxophone, and it is characterised by its unusual curled neck.
		The bass, contrabass, tubax, and subcontrabass tubax are members that plummet to the deepest pitches of the piano.
	en.wikibooks.org /wiki/The_Saxophone_Family (436 words)

	The Tubax contrabass saxophone and The Soprillo piccolo saxophone made by Benedikt Eppelsheim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Playable prototypes of the piccolo saxophone The Soprillo and contrabass saxophone The Tubax were launched in 1999 at Musikmesse Frankfurt.
		The Tubax is an Eb contrabass saxophone curved four times which results in an overall height of only 114 cm.
		The scale of the instrument is narrower than the regular contrabass saxophone scale.
	www.pro-music-news.com /html/11/e90702ko.htm (195 words)

	Articles - Subcontrabass saxophone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Subcontrabass saxophone is a type of saxophone that Adolphe Sax had patented and planned to build but which was never finished.
		Although there are several images around the Internet showing instruments purported to be subcontrabass saxophones, none depicts a genuine, playable instrument; the gigantic instruments seem to have been built solely for show.
		The instrument closest to a (hypothetical) subcontrabass saxophone is the tubax, which was developed in 1999 by the German instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim and which is available in the same tonal range as the subcontrabass saxophone would have been.
	www.mafox.com /articles/Subcontrabass_saxophone (225 words)

	subsax.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Whether they're real, or the product of lots of wishful thinking, there are reports from time to time of saxophones larger than the contrabass.
		One of A. Sax's first patents describes a family of instruments that ends one size larger than today's contrabass, but I have been unable to find any evidence that the behemoth was ever built.
		It is made to have the same range (and fingering) as an Eb contrabass saxophone (much like an Eb contrabass sarrusophone).
	www.contrabass.com /pages/subsax.html (291 words)

	Jay C. Easton: A small tribute to Sax
		The saxophone was invented initially to create a better orchestral bass reed instrument, and to provide a matched family of wind instruments that would combine the power of brasses, the agility of woodwinds, the sonority of strings, the range of a keyboard, and the flexibility of the human voice.
		Sadly, the saxophone was largely shunned by the orchestras of Europe for political reasons, (the talented Sax had many jealous enemies) but it was accepted with open arms by military and community bands.
		The Saxophone embouchure uses a mouthpiece with a single reed whose interior is very wide and which becomes narrower at the part which is fitted to the body of the instrument.
	www.jayeaston.com /galleries/sax_family/sax_history/adolphesax%20history.html (1999 words)

	Sax on the Web > Saxophone Resources
		Saxophones are made in seven sizes and pitch levels, spanning the entire spectrum
		The most common are the alto and tenor saxophones.
		Although composers of classical music have written for it, the instrument has been most effectively used in jazz and popular music, and the number jazz performers risen to fame playing the sax is ever increasing.
	www.saxontheweb.net /Links.html (314 words)

	Contrabass Saxophone
		He plays a vintage Buffet, and can be heard on his CD "Vintage Saxophones Revisited." Evette made about 25 contras, between 1900 and 1925, of which 8 or 9 are believed still "alive." The remaining horns were made by Kohlert and Orsi.
		French patent (#3226) apparently describes a subcontrabass (bourdon) saxophone in C or Bb, an octave below the bass saxophone.
		Adolphe Sax, the inventor, must have been known for his own contrabass mania, having improved the bass clarinet, invented saxophones down to the mighty contrabass (and apparently designed a few lower still), and the bass and contrabass saxhorns.
	www.contrabass.com /pages/cbsax.html (618 words)

	Contrabass Saxophones
		The Contrabass Saxophone must be one of the physically largest woodwind instruments around.
		This may not be as low as the BBb contrabass sarussophone, or the contrabassoon, but with the wide saxophone bore, this beast must surely outweigh them.
		Paul Cohen, noted musician, instrument collector, and columnist for the Saxophone Journal, says that there are about 15 still in existence, worldwide.
	members.tripod.com /jetucker_2/music_instruments/woodwinds/saxophones/contrabasssax.html (239 words)

	Subcontrabass saxaphones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The most accurate subcontrabass saxaphones intelligence may take a small bit of time to pin down.
		As subcontrabass saxaphones related topics continue to increase in popularity, there will be more locations to learn more about this important matter.
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	www.saxophone-website.com /subcontrabass-saxaphones.html (310 words)

	CyberSax . . . Conn Burnished Gold Artist Model C-Melody Saxophone . . . vintage & pro saxophones & other fine ...
		At times all the Bb saxophone types (soprano, tenor, bass) have been produced in versions tuned to C. These C saxophones are equally as serious and well made designs as the corresponding Bb versions.
		The saxophone was further popularized by the developing recording industry and by the growing number of touring orchestras.
		Fledgling saxophone collectors are eagerly acquiring them, often before filing out their collections in the other major sax types.
	cybersax.com /features/Conn_103k_GPC.html (1815 words)

	Discussing "subcontrabass saxophone?" in General Discussions
		They are somewhat reminiscent of the saxophones made before Adolph Sax changed the design to the standard which we know today.
		As you may or may not know, the saxophone was originally an Ophicleide with a Bass clarinet mouthpiece attached.
		I believe there are only four saxophones in this "original" design know to exist, one of which is the Baritone saxophone pitched in the key of F. (For a direct link to a picture visit lachesis.caltech.edu/jayeaston/galleries/sax_family/sax_history/adolphesax%20history.html).
	www.saxquest.com /forumThreadView.asp?ForumUID=6&ThreadUID=2229 (653 words)

	Jay C. Easton: Sax Family Gallery Index
		This gallery of photos and sounds is dedicated to the saxophone, but to the saxophones as family of instruments.
		Sax always intended the instrument to be a family as well as a supremely flexible solo voice, a matched consort of instruments with the collective power and range of a pipe organ, the warmth of a string orchestra, and the expressiveness of a human voice.
		The saxophone is usually associated with jazz and pop music, but it was invented over 80 years before it's adoption into jazz.
	www.jayeaston.com /galleries/sax_family/sax_family_gallery.htm (425 words)

	Subcontrabass Saxophones - Big Saxophone Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The one of the pioneers of the Lowest instruments of the Saxophone family playsworks for the Baritone, Bass, Contrabass and....
		Of his many creations, only eight of the saxophones (sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor,baritone, bass, contrabass, and subcontrabass) are in use today, and only...
		Picturedhere is a subcontrabass saxophone, a much smaller cousin of the octobass...
	www.bigsaxophoneguide.com /subcontrabass-saxophones.html (669 words)

	clarinet part (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Eb6; concert key: Ab1-Db4 contrabass saxophone Eb Tubax, manufactured by Benedikt Eppelsheim subcontrabass saxophone Bb Tubax, manufactured by Benedikt Eppelsheim manufactured by Conn A Soprano A rare...
		Of his many creations, only eight of the saxophones (sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass, and subcontrabass) are in use today, and only soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone are...
		Beside bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, bassax and bass flute I play often contrabass clarinet and tubax in Eb and Bb (newly designed contrabass and subcontrabass saxophones built by German B...
	clarinetpart.inksclarinet.com /subcontrabass (814 words)

	Marching Band Planet > Types of saxaphones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Sep 16 2005, 07:55 PM I'm pretty sure there is a sopranino saxophone that is smaller than the soprano, but I'm not sure.
		ok, the subcontrabass (thanks go to someone for bringing it to my attention, sadly, i forget your name) is a tubax, and is played with a bari reed and mouthpiece, is the same height as the bari, but has 4 entire body length wraps, so it is about 23 feet long when stretched out.
		the mezzo-soprano sax(pitched in F), the conn-o-sax, a padless saxophone, and some differently shaped ones, like the straight alto, or the curved soprano and sopranino saxes.
	www.marchingbandplanet.com /lofiversion/index.php/t6388.html (492 words)

	Saxophone CDs
		saxophone with Lois Anderson piano; and Affirmations for saxophone quartet,
		93 (baritone saxophone and piano); and Werner Schulze Austro Polka Op.
		III (Diminishing Returns) for two alto saxophones and digital delay, Daniel Asia The Alex Set, James DeMars The Seventh Healing Song of John Joseph (Blue) for alto saxophone and tape, Walter Kaufmann Meditation for alto saxophone and piano, and William Penn Diversions for alto saxophone and piano.
	www.vcisinc.com /saxophonecds.htm (934 words)

	Sax on the Web > So Low: Music for Large Saxophones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		What this CD is: It's exactly what the title suggests: music for large saxophones — in other words, a recording featuring the Eb baritone, Bb bass, Eb contrabass and Bb subcontrabass saxophones.
		This CD is one of the few that showcases any of the low-end of the saxophone family -- and this one features the entire low-end, excepting only the almost non-extant C bass and Eppelsheim's new C contrabass.
		In conclusion, this is a very good CD to demonstrate the lower end of the saxophone family and I highly recommend it.
	vintage.saxontheweb.net /HalesReview2.html (678 words)

	saxophone types (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Which saxophones did or do exist, is not all too clear.
		The saxophones in Eb and Bb, in decreasing pitch with 1/2 octave difference, specially suited for (military) brassbands who would be used in Jazz music.
		saxophone exists, one octave higher in pitch than the soprano.
	home.worldonline.nl /~t875094/saxgb/typesax.html (267 words)

	Saxophone do (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		As you are searching for saxophone do websites and webpages, be sure to use every one of the resources available.
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	www.saxophone-website.com /saxophone-do.html (285 words)

	The Tubax
		Meanwhile, he offers even lower Tubaxes tuned in C and Bb, the latter finally realizing the subcontrabass saxophone, planned 150 years ago, but never built — upto now.
		The Tubax has a narrower bore than a conventional contrabass saxophone and thus needs much less air to blow, but is also not as powerful as a conventional contrabass sax.
		The sound is more like a baritone saxophone which magically can descend one octave lower one is used to.
	www.lispme.de /tubax/home_en.html (724 words)

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