Tenor Sarrusophone
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The B-flat tenor
sarrusophone
is a smaller type of sarrusophone, and has about the same range
as a tenor sax
. They were originally made by companies such as Orsi, Gautrot, and Triebert, but are currently made only by Orsi
, and are "special order" items.
Tenor
The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
sarrusophone
Sarrusophone
The sarrusophone is a family of transposing musical instruments patented and placed into production by Pierre-Louis Gautrot in 1856. It was named after the French bandmaster Pierre-Auguste Sarrus who is credited with the concept of the instrument...
is a smaller type of sarrusophone, and has about the same range
Range (music)
In music, the range of a musical instrument is the distance from the lowest to the highest pitch it can play. For a singing voice, the equivalent is vocal range...
as a tenor sax
Tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
. They were originally made by companies such as Orsi, Gautrot, and Triebert, but are currently made only by Orsi
Orsi Instrument Company
Orsi Instrument Company, sometimes called Orsi Instruments or commonly just Orsi, is an Italian manufacturer of musical instruments, especially brass instruments.-Professor Romeo Orsi:...
, and are "special order" items.