Contrabass Saxophone

[12comet12]

aren't there only like 7 in the world

[ChrisisBass13]

@12comet12 no there are more. i just dont know who makes them.

[12comet12]

@ChrisisBass13 Oh that's cool so my band teacher was wrong :D

[olsonff777]

hole crap man

[saxplaya96]

WOAH!! that thing is HUGE!!!

[alphawolfpnk]

@saxplaya96 Thats what SHE said.

[Vissor]

nice playing on the eppelsheim contrabass sax

[Yamahaaltoplayer]

Try going from sopranissimo sax to subcontrabass sax... Yes, the contrabass IS NOT the biggest. The sopranissimo and subcontra are 4 octaves apart!

[SilentAtDark]

the highest is the soprillo (piccolo)...its not called sopranissimo...check out eppelsheim's stuff

[Yamahaaltoplayer]

Soprillo is the brand/model name. Piccolo and sopranissimo are the saxophone size/type/voice. And yes, they are only made by Eppelsheim.

[skoolboi109]

it has two names... soprillo is just more common... and A LOT easier to say lol

[tjrieves]

yeah, the contrabass is the biggest. the tubax, the only "saxophone" to go lower, isn't technically a sax

[Yamahaaltoplayer]

Btw, I never played these saxes before, just the alto. I'm just amazed by the extremes!=p

[wildman00sax]

It is a sax. The tubax you're talking about still has the same fingerings as any other sax and it still has a conical bore like any other sax. It just goes by a different name.

[acitonj]

The bore size ratio is different, so in that sense it isn't a sax.. but everything else is.

It is a sudo-sax IMO :)

[tdFuse]

Contrabass saxes are proper saxophones, Tubaxes are pseudo-saxes.

[Born2Sail14]

i have.

really not that that hard

[dberkley1977]

You should research a bit. Only two contrabasses were ever built. One didn't play at all and the other required more than one person to blow and press the keys and could not even play a full scale. The closest thing to a subcontra is a B-flat Tubax which is actually smaller than a contrabass sax.

[valleywhat]

There were quite a few contrabasses made at the beginning of the 19th century. It sounds like you're referring to those freak-of-nature mock saxophones (you're right in that one did not play and the other required a number of people to play because the pads and keys were not hooked up - it was apparently a prop for a show or something that they turned into a playing instrument).

[andydominator]

If you want some real contrabass solos listen to "Canal Street Blues" ~ Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band on youtube. You'll find the solos at about 3:40

[danbison]

wouldn't any saxophone lower than a bass sax be a contrabass? This looks like the eppelsheim contra - which has the proper bore size to be a true contrabass saxophone, unlike the tubax which can be argued is a type of single reed sarrusophone.

[MaTTdeluca14]

There were only two subcontrabass saxophones built and neither played. They were both for show. Someone did however build an extremely large saxophone-like instrument that could not play a full scale and did need more than one person to blow into it.

[wow4ever1212]

I thought sticking my whole hand in my tenor sax was an achievement, but damn, you could hide a body in there.

[T041993]

lol this makes my alto seem very small lmao

[rachthebandgeek]

it has some really huge keys on it xD

i love this thing and i want to stick my head in the bell while its playing and see if my brain melts :D

[kbrockstar61]

If you play one sax you can play em all!

[mcmeekz]

thats like saying if you can play one instrument u can play them all, i play tenor bari and contrabass and i still cant get a good sound on alto, and yes i am a excellent player, its just the positioning of the mouth, clearly you only play one sax and a crappy band teacher told u that, the fingerings are the same, dont mean you can play it good...

[Muze42]

No one said anything about playing it well. I hate altos with a passion.

[tuba1011]

well its kinda obvious y u cant i mean bari and contrabass kinda destroy any kinda of like playing capability for alto unless u practice it A LOT

[KingJoeyJunior]

pleaaase will someone wiv a contrabass or a subcontrabass play american patrol plzzz

[bobebobebob]

if you want somebody to do something try making it understandable. all i know is you wanted something but i cant tell what the hell it is

[KingJoeyJunior]

Could somebody please play 'American Patrol' by Glenn Miller on a contrabass saxophone. I think it would sound good. Better??

[scomo115]

oh man is that thing fun to play, you vibrate as much as the reed.

[sebasrepiso]

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[Jujulien987]

i would love to have this beast... that's freaking amazing!!! must be fun to play

[shalalaszwee]

Good!

[2boys1mama]

Dang that sound like some low sound!