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Tubax - Definition and Overview

The Tubax is a modified contrabass saxophone made by Benedikt Eppelsheim.

The tubax has a much narrower bore, like a sarrusophone, and is made to have the same fingering as a contrabass saxophone as well as take a baritone saxophone mouthpiece. It is tuned in Bb. Benedikt Eppelshiem is also making a CC and BBb tubax. The BBb tubax is the subcontrabass saxophone thought of by Adolphe Sax but never created.

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Example Usage of Tubax

boul3t: Crazy instruments! Check En Contrabass Saxophone vidz http://tinyurl.com/5ql8kr The Bb Tubax sounds wicked too. I want those in dubstep!
saxotom: I like the Tubax Saxophones. Your sound is great! (YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYnzor_Kpyg&feature=autoshare_twitter)
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