Largest saxophone - playable by one person
The
largest saxophone which can be played by one person has a tube length of 6.745
m (22 ft. 1.55 in), a bell diameter of 39.1 cm (1 ft. 3.39 in) and was created
by J'Elle Stainer (Brazil) for Gilberto Lopes of Below65-4hz.com (Italy). The
saxophone was measured in Cerveteri RM, Italy, on 3 August 2013.
The
saxophone stands 2.74 m (8 ft. 11.87 in) tall, weighs 28.6 kg (63.05 lb) and an
estimated internal air volume of 0.27 m³ (9.53 ft³). The instrument is
considered to be a "sub contrabass" saxophone with a tonal range from
Bb (Ab0) to F# (E3) which in terms of frequency is 25.95 Hz to 164.8 Hz. The
sub contrabass saxophone was invented in 1846 by the Belgian Adolphe Sax who
called it "sax bourdon" however it took 167 years before such an
instrument was actually built.
This is quite amazing.
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