sarrusophone

(səˈruːzəˌfəʊn)

(Instruments) a wind instrument resembling the oboe but made of brass

[C19: named after Sarrus, French bandmaster, who invented it (1856)]

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Nichols does mention the use of the sarrusophone at die beginning of L'heure espagnole; Walter Piston's Orchestration points out that the sarrusophone was preferred by "some French composers.

Ravel

Kaiser: Ya, und dis is wot ve call der sarrusophone paradox!

Further Ruminations From The Kaiser Bunker

Standard instrumentation is listed at the outset and the presence of nonstandard instruments (e.g., sarrusophone) in individual scores is noted, where necessary.

Sousa at Illinois: The John Philip Sousa and Herbert L. Clarke Manuscript Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: A Catalogue of the Collections

the stage of this curious, 140-seat theater is nearly entirely overrun by a multitude of instruments: xylophones, bassoon, sarrusophone, various saxophones, clarinets, banjo, cymbals, gongs, bells, bass drum, balafon, rattles etc ...

Chapter six: the AACM in Paris

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