Curved soprillo [Archive] - Sax on the Web Forum

CMelodyMan

02-16-2005, 02:34 AM

Is it physically possible for there to be a curved soprillo? I emailed Benedikt Eppelsheim and he said a soprillo is 13 inches, so curved soprillo would be like 7 inches!

Super 20 Player

04-19-2005, 07:02 PM

There probably wouldn't be enough room for the fingers of your right hand. That's an issue with some curved Bb sopranos.

I'd love to have one of those soprillos, just for the cuteness factor.

allreeds

08-11-2006, 11:04 PM

I've owned a soprillo since 2005 (August), and it is a wonderful horn! A curved one would be darn near impossible to play, definitely not enough room for a right hand keywork, if the body was curved--the Eb Orsi (LA Sax) sopranino is tough enough as is....what IS worse, although it's a straight horn.... is the C Garklein recorder-- carpal tunnel heaven (hell?), to try to cover all the holes...and there is no keywork on that little beast!

More fun....

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sax-matt

11-03-2006, 04:32 AM

yeah finger room on the right hand is a little bit of a problem with my curved Conn soprano (Bb) but i guess it might be possible

Single_Reed

11-03-2006, 05:32 PM

I have seen curved sopraninos, I believe orsi and eppelsheim make them but soprillos the only people who could play a soprillo that was curved would be little kids!!! it's like making a curved piccolo!!!

TooSaxy

06-10-2007, 06:14 AM

Curved Piccolo!!!!!!! Great idea!!! (runs to patent office) jk :)

NissanMarkVII

10-24-2007, 03:32 PM

I've seen pictures of a curved soprillo (marketed as a sopranissimo). Looked like a Toy tenor :) (w/a full size tenor price tag). Completely hand built, and only one existance to my knowledge. Saw it an Saxophone Journal a few years back.

HUIBO

01-05-2008, 09:16 PM

curved nino:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSiCr3A7Vyg&feature=related

cmelodysax

01-05-2008, 09:59 PM

Looking at the curved 'nino, a curved soprillo would be a manufacturing achievement, bottom stack D/E/F keys would probably have to be on the side for anyone with other than ultra-slim fingers...

That Orsi curved 'nino player gets all the good jobs, he also plays a contra-bass on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t1Z_xhXhpA) :shock: . From the sublime to the ridiculous...