lionbc Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 I was drooling when I found this website Contrabass.com. Holy crud. Octobass Flute, Octo-Contrabass Clarinet in BBBb, Contrabass Saxophone in Eb, Tubax, Heckelphone, Contrabass Oboe in CC, Bass Shawms, Contrabassoon, Great Bass Sordune, Great Bass Rackett, Contrabass Sarrusophone in BBb, Contrabassophone, and more. I actually downloaded some of the recordings(unfortunately, not Octo-Contrabass Clarinet recording), and some are pretty good, the Serpent one isn't, but it's a bass trombonist playing it, so that much is to be expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHSBaSsTrOmBoNe'09 Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 It shows how strange some people are.. to make such strange instruments... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mculbert07 Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 I forgot where I saw it, but I saw some bizarre inventions of Adolphe Sax on a website, if I can find it again, I'll post it. One was a cross between an Sax and a Bone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionbc Posted November 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 I forgot where I saw it, but I saw some bizarre inventions of Adolphe Sax on a website, if I can find it again, I'll post it. One was a cross between an Sax and a Bone. I think it might have been the slide reed. It's a trombone that uses a bassoon(or something similar) reed instead of a mouthpiece. Atleast that's what I've gathered. It should be on the contrabass website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmCheezItsYay Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 OMG!! those clarinet-things are huge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHS'NET10 Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 HA Tubax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionbc Posted November 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 OMG!! those clarinet-things are huge! Which of the clarinet-things? The contrabass? That's exactly why I love the instrument. HA Tubax Did you listen to the clip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmCheezItsYay Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 the octocontrabass or w/e it was lol... the mouthpiece looked like it barely fit in the guys mouth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRtrumpet Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 Wierd... lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serardian Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 I like how the Subcontrabass Saxophone is like 2 stories high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmCheezItsYay Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 i like how its not real and still on that site. lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRtrumpet Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 So these are or aren't real? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G'townPIT Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 most of it looks like weird stuff that you find on ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionbc Posted November 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 Most of the instruments on there are real. The Octocontrabass clarinet has only one in existance, but it's real, the big saxes aren't really playable. If you read the information pages it will tell you about the origin of the instrument and stuff like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy08 Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 I *heart* contrabassoon!!!! I wanna play one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinHorn Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 Those instruments are crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionbc Posted December 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 I *heart* contrabassoon!!!! I wanna play one... And I *heart* contrabass clarinet! :wub: Thing is, I've already got to play one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daylen007 Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 My goal in life now is to find/make a working subcontrabass saxophone... that was definitely bigger than like a 1 story building. almost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danpod Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 My goal in life now is to find/make a working subcontrabass saxophone... that was definitely bigger than like a 1 story building. almost. Good Lord, I'd be afraid to be anywhere near that sound. Brown noise. Ick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takigan Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 So a guy designed a Super ultra mega hyper Contrabass (my words....he just calls it a "contra-bass") using 64' of PVC pipe, a Selmer standard contrabass clarinet mouthpiece and other various accessories. The lowest note that he can get on it is a C-2 That's quintuple pedal C at 4.09Hz.....over 2 octaves below the range of human hearing. For those who aren't sure what that means and need a more visual representation, it would be this note (concert pitch): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_sax_agent Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 "Concerto for Subcontrabass Saxophone" Program notes: Due to danger of loss of hearing, pleas step outside the auditorium and listen from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionbc Posted November 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 I can't believe people have commented on this, I thought it died a long time ago... It was pretty much dead the last time I was on here... which was quite a while ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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