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Re: Reed Contrabass!

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 2:09 am
by Donn
No, seller must have just thrown Sarrusophone out there not knowing the difference. As the text says, it's a reed contrabass.
wikipedia wrote: Although obscure, the instrument may still be procured, on request, from the Italian instrument manufacturer Orsi. The reed contrabass is sometimes confused with the contrabass sarrusophone, to which it bears some superficial resemblance.