... Yes, this is a rothophone: essentially it is a sarrusophone in the shape of a sax. Should sound almost identical to a sarrusophone of the same pitch,...
Grant Green
gdgreen@...
Apr 14, 2001 1:30 am
152
Here is what the owner replied: Hi! Thanks for your interest in the Rothophone. I believe it is in E flat and yes I have played it. It takes an oboe reed so it...
Steve Weinert
srw@...
Apr 16, 2001 1:53 am
153
More from his cited reference: Rothphone or Saxorusophone Hanslick's criticism of new names in connection with every improvement to a musical instrument was...
Steve Weinert
srw@...
Apr 16, 2001 1:58 am
154
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Sarrusophone group. File : /Not quite...
Sarrusophone@yahoogro...
Apr 16, 2001 2:02 am
155
Sarrusophone alert! Not a contrabass, but at least a tenor, at eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1431856973), opening bid $2K. ...
Grant Green
gdgreen@...
May 18, 2001 5:23 pm
156
Just goofing around over lunch... I've just uploaded a version of Charles Mingus' "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" arranged for Eb contrabass sarrusophone and 4 bass...
Grant Green
gdgreen@...
May 22, 2001 9:46 pm
157
... A very interesting sound here, Grant. I'm hard pressed to say whether it sounds better than some of the stuff I've done with a sarrusophone soundfont......
Bob Greenwade
bob.greenwade@...
May 23, 2001 3:56 pm
158
A Sub-Contrabass Flute!! http://www.gwr.org/flutes/articles/double-contra.htm (At least I though it neat!)...
Steve Weinert
srw@...
Jun 2, 2001 1:08 am
159
... I did too. I'm left wondering how tall this girl is, and whether she got a sound out of the thing. Grant, did you pass this on to your contrabass fans?...
Bob Greenwade
bob.greenwade@...
Jun 5, 2001 4:29 pm
160
... Hi Bob, Actually, I didn't, because they saw the same picture last Fall (see http://www.tubastuff.com/dcflute.html and ...
Grant Green
gdgreen@...
Jun 5, 2001 5:29 pm
161
... <http://www.contrabass.com/2000/2000-08-28.html).> Well, in a way you actually did, then; you just did it before it showed up here. :-] ... You're going...
Bob Greenwade
bob.greenwade@...
Jun 6, 2001 4:32 pm
162
... I think that Eva Kingma may still be making contrabasses, although US$12K sounds more like the price of her open-hole bass flute. Definitely not a PVC horn...
Grant Green
gdgreen@...
Jun 6, 2001 6:54 pm
163
Speaking of interesting (even though non-sarrusophone) rarities, it appears that Heckel may revive the piccolo heckelphone for a short run. The following...
Grant Green
gdgreen@...
Jun 6, 2001 11:54 pm
164
Again not exactly Sarrusophonic, but while buying a Cello for my eldest son (12), the elderly gentleman we dealt with mentioned that he thought he recongized...
... In our small city in Wisconsin, population 5000, there is a photo at the public library from the 1920s showing what I'll assume is a contrabass ...
Jim Quist
jim@...
Jul 5, 2001 12:24 am
167
Jim & I have figured out we live within an easy drive of each other. We're doing a bit better for double reeds in my County - each Elementary School in the...
Steve Weinert
srw@...
Jul 8, 2001 2:19 am
168
... Bass ... Yeah!! This 1919 Vintage Conn Bb Bass Sax in now in my workshop!...
Steve Weinert
srw@...
Jul 14, 2001 2:38 am
169
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Sarrusophone group. File : /Not quite...
Sarrusophone@yahoogro...
Jul 14, 2001 12:52 pm
170
Just ran across a page while web surfing (http://www.internationalfilmmusicservices.com/ifms.playerofmonth1.htm ) which mentions that Eppelsheim (inventor of...
Grant Green
gdgreen@...
Jul 17, 2001 11:17 pm
171
The Tubax is at: http://www.usahorn.com/new/rare/rare.html# neat video clips! ... (http://www.internationalfilmmusicservices.com/ifms.playerofmonth1.htm ... ...
Steve Weinert
srw@...
Jul 18, 2001 2:51 am
172
... I haven't, though it's cool to note that someone besides Orsi is now making sarrusophones. Hopefully Eppelsheim will start expanding into other sizes as...
Bob Greenwade
bob.greenwade@...
Jul 18, 2001 3:43 pm
173
There is a Gautrot Eb contrabass sarrusophone for sale right now on eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1449633003). Looks a lot like...
Grant Green
gdgreen@...
Jul 24, 2001 6:59 pm
174
... Hi, Grant, The high D alternate key is present on this instrument--like the Conn model, it is operated by the right thumb and is situated on the rear. What...
Peter Boris Koval
pbkoval@...
Jul 25, 2001 12:50 pm
175
Here's a Conn Eb contrabass sarrusophone for sale at ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1462063056 Best of luck! Grant ...
Grant Green
gdgreen@...
Sep 5, 2001 7:06 pm
176
The good news is that there is another sarrusophone for sale. However - it is a soprano. Still, and interesting instrument. The owner inherited it from his...
Just noticed this one on ebay: a set of six Orsi sarrusophones, 19th century, restored playable condition. Don't yet know what sizes, pitches, etc., but have...
From my correspondence with the owner, it appears that the prototypes here are Orsi model instruments. All Orsi instruments are made by hand. For instruments...
Robert Howe is selling his Couesnon Eb contrabass sarrusophone, amongst other things, to finance a contrabassoon (amongst other things). It is not lacquered,...
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