Sarrussophone

The sarrussophones are musical instruments of the family of wood. They were invented during second half of the 19th century by Pierre-Auguste Sarrus and were built by Pierre-Louis Gautrot, a little after the invention of the Saxophones.

Family members

They train a family going of the sarrussophone sopranino to the sarrussophone double bass:

sopranino in MIB.
soprano in sib equivalent of the oboe.
viola in MIB is equivalent of the cor anglais.
tenor in sib equivalent of the oboe baritone.
baritone in MIB is equivalent of the small bassoon in MIB.
low in sib equivalent of the bassoon
double bass in MIB, C or sib equivalent of the double bassoon.

Description

They are instruments with double sheers, like the Hautbois or the Cor anglais with a copper body. Their solid and vigorous stamp legitimates their use in the orchestras and it do not make dual employment with the oboes cor anglais and bassoon.

Use

Mainly used in the music of harmony or the military music, their stamp full and bulky prète well with sonorities of outdoor. They easily replace there the oboes which under these conditions often sound grèles. The sarrussophone double bass is more usually used in the symphonic music and replaces skilfully the Contrebasson while keeping in the extreme low register a vigorous sonority and less flask that this last.

Note

Sarrussophone is the form used by Encyclopædia Universalis and the Petit Robert . It seems that the C-W communication sarrusophone is of Anglo-Saxon origin.

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