sarrusophone

{{Infobox instrument | name = Sarrusophone | image = Soprano Sarrusophone in B-flat MET mus350a.jpeg | image_capt = Sarrusophones, left to right: bass, baritone, tenor, alto, soprano. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | background = woodwind | classification = | hornbostel_sachs = 422.112 | hornbostel_sachs_desc = Double reed aerophone with keys | developed = Mid 19th century | inventors = | range =

{ \new Staff \with { \remove "Time_signature_engraver" } \clef treble \key c \major ^ \markup "written" \cadenzaOn bes1 \glissando g1 } Written range of a sarrusophone; all (except the C contrabass) are transposing instruments notated in treble clef. | musicians = | builders = | related = | articles = Sarrusophones: }} The sarrusophones' are a family of metal double reed conical bore woodwind instruments patented and first manufactured by French instrument maker Pierre-Louis Gautrot in 1856. Gautrot named the sarrusophone after French bandmaster Pierre-Auguste Sarrus (1813–1876), whom he credited with the concept of the instrument, though it is not clear whether Sarrus benefited financially. The instruments were intended for military bands, to serve as replacements for oboes and bassoons which at the time lacked the carrying power required for outdoor marching music. Although originally designed as double-reed instruments, single-reed mouthpieces were later developed for use with the larger bass and contrabass sarrusophones.