List of E-flat instruments

The following is a list of E♭ instruments, or instruments for which the concert pitch of E♭ is notated as C in standard terminology. They are listed by the type of instrument, such as woodwind and brass.

Woodwind instruments

The E♭ Clarinet

• Sopranino saxophone
• Alto saxophone
• Baritone saxophone
• Contrabass saxophone
• Soprano flute
• E♭ clarinet
• Alto Clarinet
• Contra-alto Clarinet
• Octocontra-alto clarinet

Brass instruments

• E♭ cornet, also known as a soprano cornet
• Tenor horn, known as an Alto Horn in the US
• Tuba in E-flat (written at concert pitch when using the bass clef, only transposing when written in treble clef)
• Circular altohorn (Koenig horn) pitched in E♭
• Tenor cornet
• Mellophone
• Alto trombone
• Vocal horn (cornet with an upward-facing bell)
• Duplex horn (Gemelli) pitched in E♭
• Tenor horn (with a forward-facing bell)
• Tenor ventil horn pitched in E♭ (an early horn that was one of the first to use valves)
• Over the shoulder bass horn pitched in E♭
• Solo Horn, an Alto Horn wrapped like a Cornet with forward facing bell

Cornets are occasionally known as coronets, although this may be a historical corruption of the word 'cornet'.

Percussion and stringed instruments

• Clavichord pitched in E♭
• Mōsō biwa pitched in E♭

See also

• E-flat major
• E♭

External links

• A list of historical E♭ instruments