soprillo
Also known as sopranissimo saxophone, piccolo saxophone
The soprillo, also known as the piccolo saxophone or rarely sopranissimo saxophone, is the highest pitched and smallest saxophone. The soprillo was developed as a piccolo extension to the saxophone family in the late 1990s by the German instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim, although a working prototype sopranissimo of the same pitch was made in 1960 in a more compact curved form.
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- Saxophone.name
- Soprillo
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- File:Eppelsheim Soprillo Saxophone 2000s (rotate).jpg
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- Photograph of a soprillo oriented vertically
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- Late 1990s
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- 300px|center The soprillo in B sounds a minor seventh higher than written.
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The soprillo, also known as the piccolo saxophone or rarely sopranissimo saxophone, is the highest pitched and smallest saxophone. The soprillo was developed as a piccolo extension to the saxophone family in the late 1990s by the German instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim, although a working prototype sopranissimo of the same pitch was made in 1960 in a more compact curved form.
The soprillo is pitched in B♭, one octave above the soprano saxophone, and half its length at including the mouthpiece.
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