After looking at the photo more carefully, I see that the instrument is
actually a reed contrabass (
http://www.contrabass.com/pages/anche.html),
NOT a sarrusophone. You can tell by (a) the fact that there are only two
keys for LH4, (b) no alternate keys for RH1 (the Bb, C, and high D keys),
and (c) the width of the bell throat. A look at the back of the
instrument, or the bocal, would also be definitive.
Sorry if I got anyone's hopes up...
Grant
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Grant Green
gdgreen@...
Sarrusophones and other
Contrabass Winds
http://www.contrabass.com
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