Contrabass sarrusophone

Contrabass sarrusophone
	Contrabass sarrusophone in E♭
Woodwind instrument
Classification	Wind; Aerophone;
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	422.112; (Double reed aerophone with keys)
Inventor(s)	Pierre-Auguste Sarrus (concept); Pierre-Louis Gautrot (patent);
Developed	Mid 19th century
Playing range
	The contrabass sarrusophone sounds two octaves and a major sixth (E♭) or three octaves and a second (B♭) lower than written; the contrabass in C is written in bass clef and sounds an octave lower.
Related instruments
	Contrabassoon; Contraforte; Reed contrabass;
Builders
	Orsi (on request); Eppelsheim (C only); Historical: Conn (E♭ only); Couesnon & Co.; Evette & Schaeffer; Gautrot; Orsi;
More articles or information
	Sarrusophones: Soprano; Alto; Tenor; Baritone; Bass; Contrabass;

The contrabass sarrusophone is the deepest of the family of sarrusophones, built in three sizes pitched in E♭, C or B♭. It was made in the 19th and early 20th centuries, primarily in France by its inventor and Parisian instrument maker Pierre-Louis Gautrot and his successor Couesnon & Co., and Evette & Schaeffer. It was also made in Italy by Milan manufacturers Romeo Orsi and Rampone & Cazzani, and in the United States by C. G. Conn, who built instruments in E♭ for US military bands. Romeo Orsi and the German instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim make individual contrabass sarrusophones on request.

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