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Curious what players are finding effective as playing harness for their Contrabass Sarrusophone? Been trying different straps & harness, including...
1 Jun 14, 2009
2:31 am

Steve Weinert
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Curious what players are finding effective as playing harness for their Contrabass Sarrusophone? Been trying different straps & harness, including...
5 Jun 9, 2009
7:05 pm

PIERRE LEMIEUX
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BTW, for anyone in the San Jose, CA area, I'll be playing bass sarrusophone (bass sax part) on Belioz's "March to the Scaffold", in the San Jose Wind Symphony...
2 Jun 8, 2009
4:04 pm

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Hi Folks, Just uploaded a new album with photos of a reed contrabass. If anyone wants to know more about this horn just drop me a message. Gilberto...
1 May 13, 2009
2:34 pm

Gilberto
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I just create a new photo album about the contrabass CC Benedikt Eppelsheim made last year for an english bassoon player Sarrusophonistic Yours, JJP...
1 Nov 20, 2008
3:15 pm

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I found here in France a sarrusophone contrabass reeds maker0, Neuranter (www.neuranter.fr) I bought from them a good working reed at a raisonable price (39...
2 Nov 19, 2008
5:18 pm

Gilberto Lopes
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Good news guys, Benedikt Eppelsheim manufacture sarrusophones, he made one last year for an english bassoon player a contrabass in CC, and he is making one...
2 Nov 9, 2008
10:05 pm

Grant Green
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Just to satisfy my curiosity, I contacted the Orsi company in Italy and asked them for an estimate for a new Eb Bari. Their price was 15,914.00 Euros, or just...
12 Nov 6, 2008
4:05 pm

Gilberto Lopes
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Hi, My name is Gilberto (44 yrs), I am originaly from Curitiba in Brazil, I have lived in Milan, Italy for the past twenty years. I play (I try...) the...
1 Nov 4, 2008
10:30 pm

Gilberto
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Hi everybody, I have just joined this Group and I still do not have a sarru, so if anyone is willing to sell a contrabass one please let me know. thanks...
1 Nov 4, 2008
4:45 pm

Gilberto
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Hi! Happy sarrusophones fans I am Jean-Jacques Pagès, male , 56 years old, living near Paris France, up to now I was playing saxophones as a hobby in various...
1 Nov 3, 2008
6:15 pm

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Dear everyone, I occasionally get bizarre bassoon-related spam to my personal email address. One arrived today which had a link to: ...
2 Sep 16, 2008
5:07 pm

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The horn listed is of very late manufacture (mine is V-105 and is one made for the military). The "Ladyface" engraving and silver plating is also unusual....
3 Aug 13, 2008
12:10 pm

Jack Jennings
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Hi all, There is a Conn Eb contra listed on eBay right now, http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300248826426 Current bid $202, looks like no...
1 Aug 9, 2008
9:00 pm

Grant Green
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Hello fellow sarrusofans - I've been invited to exhibit my Tribert Eb baritone sarrusophone by the Charles River Museum of Industry as part of their...
1 Jul 21, 2008
8:45 pm

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Hi all, Anyone looking for sarrusophones can currently find *two* on ebay: Gautrot alto: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230252860082 Buffet...
1 May 16, 2008
2:34 am

Grant Green
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I am wondering what the chances are of finding a Eb Contrabass Sarrusophone for anywhere near a reasonable price? I realize I may be insulting any collectors...
2 May 6, 2008
7:15 pm

PIERRE LEMIEUX
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Has anyone seen this Sarrusophone that is on Ebay now? It is coming from China - are they making Sarrusophones in China now?...
3 May 6, 2008
6:30 pm

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This is purely a "what if" sort of question, but the C melody saxes being produced in China for Aquilasax made me wonder about something: Is there any...
2 Feb 15, 2008
3:06 pm

Jack Jennings
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Do you need, or might you want, a single reed mouthpiece for your contra sarrusophone? Paul Coats successfully made some last year and is willing to make more...
1 Jan 26, 2008
6:31 pm

Jack Jennings
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Hello all, My name is David Vesel, and I produce Internet radio programs. My current show is Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin, which has been...
1 Aug 11, 2007
6:15 pm

David V
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Forwarded by request (apologies to those of you who get this multiple times...) ==================================================== Grant, I've been wanting...
4 Jul 27, 2007
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Kevin H. Phillips
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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...
3 Jun 9, 2007
7:08 pm

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Hi all, The Buffet tenor sarrusophone is up on ebay again: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230121780007 US$8K to start... Enjoy! Grant -- ...
1 Apr 25, 2007
10:29 pm

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Hi all, I was just contacted by someone in Buenos Aires, who has an Eb contrabass sarruosphone for sale. I've posted his pictures at ...
1 Apr 17, 2007
2:17 am

Grant Green
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Hi, For anyone seeking a tenor sarrusophone, there is now one posted on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230104726881). Bidding starts...
3 Mar 27, 2007
2:56 pm

Jack Jennings
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I'd be happy with either solution. Or, you could just grant me "moderator" privileges. To do that, you go to the group's web interface, click Manage, then...
4 Feb 7, 2007
6:10 pm

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Hi, There is a tenor sarrusophone for sale, auction about to expire at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230084608837 "Buy it now" for...
1 Feb 6, 2007
11:19 pm

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Hi, For anyone who is tired of spam, I have a sarrusophone group at Yahoo as well (sarrusophone2). The reason that there are two groups is that we started...
3 Feb 2, 2007
9:00 pm

Jack Jennings
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Do all of the "Friendly Bikers" play sarrusophones? If so, are they all contrabass (the sarrusophones, not the bikers)?...
1 Jan 20, 2007
9:23 pm

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