Comments on: The World’s Largest Saxophone (Sep, 1930)

By: Paul Lindemeyer

Paul Lindemeyer — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:08:25 +0000

This is a contrabass saxophone in double E flat (EEb). About two dozen were made by the Buffet company in Paris during the 1920s, and at least one more by an Italian firm called Stowasser. There are at least 6 of this group still known today. They weigh about 45 lb apiece and the bells are 17"-18" across. The range goes down to the low Db on a piano keyboard. One of them is used regularly in the Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra. It was supposedly found abandoned in a condemned building that had once housed a music store. Contrabass saxes today are made by Romeo Orsi in Italy and Benedikt Eppelsheim in Germany, including a compact model called the Tubax.

By: Alina

Alina — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:20:37 +0000

My bro told me about this and i looked at this and the soprillo at http://www.soprillo.com

By: menatnothing

menatnothing — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:24:34 +0000

I bet it took a bit of effort to do a shop back then.

By: fred

fred — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:58:23 +0000

wonder was she in to black men…

By: Jim Devlin

Jim Devlin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:50:30 +0000

Or – “Nice to see Incredible Shrinking Man on euphonium”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bxv_HLwT7U
at 1:40min

By: Jim Devlin

Jim Devlin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:22:30 +0000

Or it could be The World’s Smallest Saxophonist…

By: Hip2b2

Hip2b2 — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:11:12 +0000

The 30′s seemed to be a period where giant stuff was in vogue. Ignoring functional item like giant cranes to construct ever larger structures (or in the case above giant faces). It seems odd that in a period of general want so much effort would be put into such useless items.