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	Tubax - AudioLexic
		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.
		The BB♭ tubax uses a baritone saxophone mouthpiece.
	en.audiolexic.org /wiki/Tubax (230 words)

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		“Repetition” is a trio of tubax, trombone, and contrabass.
		At times, the tubax and arco contrabass are difficult to distinguish from each other, their tonalities melding together.
		His bravery in making a recording solely on tubax may be overshadowed by the limited tonality of the instrument over sixty four minutes.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article_email.php?id=18579 (348 words)

	The Tubax
		The Eb tubax is made to have the same range (and fingering) as an Eb contrabass saxophone (much like an Eb contrabass
		Note that the keys you see above are for the right hand: situated relatively high on the instrument, the keys are in a comfortable position for playing the instrument while seated, with the tubax resting on the floor.
		More recently, Herr Eppelsheim has produced the tubax in CC and BBb, the latter pitched a full octave below the bass saxophone.
	www.contrabass.com /pages/tubax.html (276 words)

	Bass saxophones, The Tubax contrabass saxophone and The Soprillo piccolo saxophone made by Benedikt Eppelsheim
		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.
		Tubax takes baritone mouthpieces and features the complete keys of a modern saxophone.
	www.pro-music-news.com /html/11/e90702ko.htm (306 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 middle octave vent is employed from e to g# and the upper vent kicks in for higher notes like on a traditional sax.
	www.lispme.de /tubax/home_en.html (724 words)

	YouTube - Tubax and Sax Break
		Hard to see the horn, but the size leads me to believe it is an EEb tubax, NOT the BBb one...check out Jay Easton (google the name) to see the tubax family, and hear samples.
		And you know if tubax is his main horn for that band?
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	www.youtube.com /watch?v=EKPQhO7q5B4 (570 words)

	YouTube - Animal Hospital
		A Tuba and a tubax are very much different instruments....
		I do believe that the bari is one octave below the alto, the Eb tubax one below the bari, and the tenor between alto and bari and the bass one octave below that.
		TV Theme 'Animal Hospital' played on a tubax or bass saxophone.World Saxophone Congress, Slovenia.
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=ab7LQ68kh94 (479 words)

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