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Subcontrabass saxophone

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Subcontrabass saxophone 1

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J'Elle Stainer Sub-contrabass saxophone

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Contrabass Saxophone

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J'Elle Stainer subcontrabass saxophone

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Sopranino & Bass Saxophone Duet

The subcontrabass saxophone is a type of saxophone that Adolphe Sax patented and planned to build but never constructed. Sax called this imagined instrument saxophone bourdon. It is a transposing instrument pitched in B♭, one octave below the bass saxophone, two octaves below the tenor saxophone, and three octaves and a major second below its written pitch.
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