Warning: Due to its extreme range and the required very firm embouchure only professional players can play the Soprillo. It may take several months of practise to reach the highest notes. The ...

the subcontrabass saxophone and the soprillo. The ensemble is the Moonlight Big Band. The subcontrabass saxophone was conceived in 1846 by Adolphe Sax, who named it the ‘sax bourdon’ after the lowest ...

who owns the subcontra and more than a dozen other saxophones he brought to Saxophone Day for his clinic, "From Soprillo to Subcontrabass: Presenting the Saxophone Family." White laughs ...