Tubax
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Current revision as of 17:12, 14 September 2006
The tubax (Category 1), developed in 1999 by Benedikt Eppelsheim, is somewhat like a saxophone. Indeed, Eppelsheim calls it a sax, although arguably it's really its own instrument family. Like conventional saxes, it's a single-reed conical-bore instrument made of metal, and has the same fingering; but it has a less tapered bore, and is "folded" in a more compact shape.
Tubaxes are presently made in two sizes and three keys:
- Contrabass tubax in Eb.
- Subcontrabass tubax in C and Bb. Note that Adolphe Sax proposed a subcontrabass sax, but none has ever been made.
[edit] Miscellaneous Links
- Eppelsheim.com
- Tubax entry on Wikipedia
- Tubax entry in Contrabass Mania
