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Although described in Adolphe Sax's patent in 1846, a practical, playable subcontrabass saxophone did not exist until the 21st century. [2] An oversized saxophone that might have qualified was built as a prop circa 1965; it could produce tones, but its non-functional keywork required assistants to manually open and close the pads, and it was reportedly incapable of playing a simple scale.
Subcontrabass flute in G (also called double contra-alto flute) or C (also called double contrabass flute) Double contrabass flute in C (also called octocontrabass flute or subcontrabass flute) Hyperbass flute in C; Each of the above instruments has its own range. The piccolo reads music in C (like the standard flute), but sounds one octave higher.
Contrabass (from Italian: contrabbasso) refers to several musical instruments of very low pitch—generally one octave below bass register instruments. While the term most commonly refers to the double bass (which is the bass instrument in the orchestral string family, tuned lower than the cello), many other instruments in the contrabass register exist.
The first instrument of this sort was designed by Parisian instrument maker Adolphe Sax. [1] He built a bourdon saxhorn in 52′ E♭ and exhibited it at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1867 , although there is evidence that it was in fact built some years earlier, and possibly appeared at the 1851 Great Exhibition in London .
The subcontrabass flutes are members of the Western concert flute family.Built in two sizes, the instrument in G or F, also known as the double contra-alto flute, has 4.6 to 4.9 metres (15 to 16 ft) of tubing, while the larger instrument in C, also known as the double contrabass flute or octobass flute, has tubing 5.5 metres (18 ft) long, and is the second largest instrument of the family ...
The criteria for classifying musical instruments vary depending on the point of view, time, and place. The many various approaches examine aspects such as the physical properties of the instrument (shape, construction, material composition, physical state, etc.), the manner in which the instrument is played (plucked, bowed, etc.), the means by which the instrument produces sound, the quality ...
An upright bass flute being played by Carla Rees A contra-bass flute. The bass flute is a member of the flute family pitched one octave below the concert flute.The tubing length is twice as long at 146 cm (57 in), which requires a J-shaped head joint to bring the embouchure hole within reach of the player.