Alto sarrusophone

The alto sarrusophone is the alto member of the sarrusophone family of metal double reed instruments. Pitched in E♭, its body is folded only once, and has a bocal that resembles the neck of a tenor saxophone.

Alto sarrusophone

Alto sarrusophone in E♭, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Woodwind instrument
Classification	Wind Aerophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	422.112 (Double reed aerophone with keys)
Inventor(s)	Pierre-Auguste Sarrus (concept) Pierre-Louis Gautrot (patent)
Developed	Mid 19th century
Playing range
Alto sarrusophone in E♭ sounds a major sixth lower than written.[1]
Related instruments
Alto saxophone Cor anglais Oboe
Builders
Eppelsheim Orsi (on request) Historical: Couesnon & Co. [fr] Evette & Schaeffer Gautrot Orsi
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Historically it was built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries principally by its inventor, Parisian instrument maker Pierre-Louis Gautrot and his successor, Couesnon & Co. [fr], as well as Evette & Schaeffer (now Buffet Crampon) and Romeo Orsi of Milan. It is currently only available by custom order, from Orsi or German instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim.^[2][3]