Sarrusophone - Sizes and Ranges

Sizes and Ranges

The sarrusophone was manufactured in the following sizes and had the following theoretical ranges:

• E-flat Sopranino B♭-G (Sounding D♭-B♭)
• B-flat Soprano B♭-G (Sounding A♭-F)
• E-flat Alto B♭-G (Sounding D♭-B♭)
• B-flat Tenor B♭-G (Sounding A♭-F)
• E-flat Baritone A-G (Sounding C-B♭)
• B-flat Bass B♭-G (Sounding A♭-F)
• EE-flat Contrabass B♭-G (Sounding D♭-B♭)
• CC Contrabass B♭-G (Sounding B♭-G)
• BB-flat Contrabass B♭-G (Sounding A♭-F)

The non-transposed range of the sarrusophone is nearly identical to that of the saxophone. The traditional conventional range of the saxophone is written B♭-F. Initially, Gautrot advertised the range of the sarrusophone to high F as well, but later fingering charts indicated a range to high G. Sometime after 1868, Gautrot also released a fingering chart indicating fingerings higher still up to a top B-flat, giving a range of three full octaves.