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Subsubsubsubcontrabass Saxophone

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#8 ·
you mean your front door?
 
#25 ·
Seriuously, Mr SAX has invented / perfected others instruments from the brasswind family (saxhorns,saxotromba) :

Here's a picture from a SAXOTROMBA circa 1860.



Two original alto and tenor sax (circa 1880-90)

 
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ABout the last previous image :

This is a "pure" Adolphe Sax invention with one valve for each slide position, which comes out one bell. Instead of playing first position, you press the first valve. Which comes out the first bell. Then for second position, you press second valve, which comes out the second bell. So each bell is a 1/2 step longer than the preceeding bell. You can technically play 7 notes at a time! You can play multiphonics on that thing (but would take years of practice)
 
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