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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 ...
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Sep 5, 2001
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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...
Grant Green
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Oct 25, 2001
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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...
Grant Green
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Nov 9, 2001
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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...
Grant Green
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Nov 13, 2001
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Robert Howe is selling his Couesnon Eb contrabass sarrusophone, amongst other things, to finance a contrabassoon (amongst other things). It is not lacquered,...
Grant Green
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Nov 29, 2001
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Forgot to mention yesterday: Robert is also selling a late model Orsi Bb soprano sarrusophone. Asking US$2K, I think, but check with Robert directly. I've...
Grant Green
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Nov 30, 2001
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Here's one you don't see every day. Ebay has a tubax for sale at http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1498237992. Opening bid US$17K, "Buy...
Grant Green
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Dec 20, 2001
6:46 pm
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Thought you might be interested... ... Enjoy! Grant ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grant Green gdgreen@... Sarrusophones,...
Grant Green
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Jan 3, 2002
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While looking up the answer to another question off-line, I came across a reference to the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. According to G. Joppig, the PWO (and...
Grant Green
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Jan 9, 2002
2:14 am
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... I'm not sure how helpful this will be, but I was able to find the following links for Paul Whiteman and his orchestra that might be relevant: ...
Bob Greenwade
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Jan 9, 2002
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The next San Jose Wind Symphony concert (Saturday, February 16, 2002; http://www.sjws.org/index2.htm) will include a contrabass sarrusophone :-) We're playing...
Grant Green
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Jan 25, 2002
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This was just posted to the doublereed list: Buonasera. I possess a instrument by "Ferdinando Roth e Maino Orsi" in Milano. I want to sell this instrument;...
Grant Green
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Mar 14, 2002
10:41 pm
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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...
Grant Green
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Mar 15, 2002
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Hello all! For my bassoonist son we'd like to find a viable, but not collectors grade museum piece, sarrusophone for him to play in local groups. Any leads...
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May 5, 2002
8:20 pm
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Hi! Yes.......we have a sarrusophone and it may possibly be for sale.........................I will let you know later in the day. Have a good day, Lynn...
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May 6, 2002
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Any word on the Sarrusophone, Lynn ? Thanks, Steve ... From: <liovka@...> To: <Sarrusophone@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 7:12 AM Subject:...
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Jun 3, 2002
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Dear Steve, I keep thinking about selling it but ...................i hesitate. Lynn...
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Jun 3, 2002
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... As requested, I am posting a few words about my interest in this instrument. I simply consider that the sonoric quality of the contrabass sarrusophone...
Jopi Harri
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Jun 11, 2002
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... Of course, I have been considering not bass sax but the contrabass sax in Eb, and thus, the part would be in the same transposition (i.e. the same) as for...
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Jun 12, 2002
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... There is actually another instrument called the "reed contrabass" (or contrabasse a anche), which looks similar to the sarrusophone, but has a wider bore...
Grant Green
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Jun 12, 2002
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... Yes, I know about this instrument. But since it is very unlikely that one would be available in any symphony orchestra, I don't consider it as a ...
Jopi Harri
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Jun 13, 2002
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Well, this is pretty much last-minute notice. I've just heard that there is a musical instrument auction being held in Vichy (France) on Saturday (6/15/02),...
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Jun 14, 2002
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Dear members, I am wondering if the sarrusophone sound would be available as a sound font (i.e. a digital sound sample set for Sound Blaster / EMU synthesizers...
Jopi Harri
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Jun 16, 2002
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Sorry the auction is over (it was on June 6th, and I was out of town (grrrr.....) Of the nine instruments seven (sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor C, tenor B...
Hans van Oost
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Jun 17, 2002
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... I did a very basic one that I've been using for some of my music. I just uploaded it into the Files section of this group: ...
Bob Greenwade
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Jun 17, 2002
9:15 pm
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Here are the pictures of the nine sarrusophones... sunday the 15th of june, I was soloing with my eb contra sarr in Loches Jazz Festival ;-) good breath! Phil...
Phil Neveu
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Jun 18, 2002
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... Does anybody know what the sarrusophones sold for? What were the closing bids? Thanks, Grant ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grant Green...
Grant Green
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Jun 18, 2002
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... Yeah, we saw those the other day (Grant, I think, sent us all a link). ... Coolness! How did it go? ... Bob's Original Hero Stuff Page! [Circle of HEROS...
Bob Greenwade
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Jun 18, 2002
8:25 pm
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Hi, A friend of mine was there, he said that the max bid was 3800 Euros for 1 sarr!!! Maybe because there was nine pieces. à la prochaine, Phil ... bids?...
Phil Neveu
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Jun 20, 2002
2:43 pm
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... Right. I will try it when home again, now I'm working for the Korsholm Music Festival, Vaasa, Finland, some 300 kms from my home. Unfortunately, no...
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