Sopranino saxophone

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The sopranino saxophone is the second-smallest member of the saxophone family. It is pitched in the key of E♭ and sounds an octave higher than the alto saxophone. A sopranino in F was also described in Adolphe Sax's patent, an octave above an F alto (mezzo-soprano), but there are no known built instruments. The sopranino saxophone has a sweet sound, and, although it is one of the least common of the saxophones in regular use today, it is still being produced by the saxophone manufacturers Orsi and Rampone & Cazzani in Italy, Henri Selmer Paris, Yanagisawa in Japan, and Chinese makers Jinbao and Wessex. Due to their small size, sopraninos are usually built straight like a clarinet, although Orsi makes both straight and curved models, with the appearance of a miniature alto. The original patented saxophone family, as developed by Adolphe Sax, included E♭ and B♭ saxophones in the voices of sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass, and subcontrabass, and the same seven in...

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