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  2. Soprillo - Wikipedia

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    The soprillo (also known as the piccolo or sopranissimo saxophone) is the smallest saxophone, developed as an extension to the saxophone family in the late 1990s by German instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim. It is 33 cm (13 in) long including the mouthpiece, and pitched in B♭ one octave above the soprano saxophone.

  3. Antigua Winds - Wikipedia

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    Antigua Winds is a manufacturer of woodwind and brass instruments, including saxophones, clarinets, trumpets, flutes, and musical instrument accessories. It was founded in 1991 by musician and educator Fred Hoey in San Antonio, Texas. Antigua Winds specializes in both professional and student instruments.

  4. List of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    As a keyboard instrument, not part of the percussion section of the orchestra [4] Chácaras: Canary Islands Unpitched 111.141 Idiophone Chenda: India Unpitched 211.212 Membranophone Chime bar: Pitched 111.221 Idiophone Chime (bell instrument) Pitched 111.242.2 Idiophone Chimta: South Asia Idiophone China cymbal: Unpitched 111.24 Idiophone ...

  5. There is a new instrument in town and it's a saxophone ... - AOL

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    It features a neck holding the reed-based mouth piece and the lower tube, which is essentially the makeup of a normal saxophone except smaller. But its small size doesn't mean small sound or small ...

  6. Saxophone - Wikipedia

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    The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass.As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to produce a sound wave inside the instrument's body.

  7. Soprano saxophone - Wikipedia

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    Some manufacturers also produce fully curved sopranos which look much like a small alto saxophone with a straighter neck/crook, as well as 'tipped-bell' sopranos which are straight but have the bell angled upward somewhat and are typically used with a curved neck (these are often called 'saxellos' for their resemblance to the somewhat rare ...

  8. Saxhorn - Wikipedia

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    This family of musicians, publishers and instrument manufacturers had a significant impact on the growth of the brass band movement in Britain during the mid- to late-19th century. The saxhorn was the most common brass instrument in American Civil War bands. The over-the-shoulder variety of the instrument was used, as the backward-pointing bell ...

  9. Baritone saxophone - Wikipedia

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    The baritone saxophone was created in 1846 by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax as one of a family of 14 instruments. Sax believed these instruments would provide a useful tonal link between the woodwinds and brasses. The family was divided into two groups of seven saxophones each, from the soprano to the contrabass.