sarrusophone

[suh-roo-zuh-fohn, -ruhs-uh-]

noun

1. a metal double-reed wind instrument with a conical bore, related to the oboe and used especially in military bands.

sarrusophone

/ səˈruːzəˌfəʊn /

noun

1. a wind instrument resembling the oboe but made of brass

Other Word Forms

• sarrusophonist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sarrusophone¹

1870–75; named after Sarrus (19th-century French bandmaster); -o-, -phone

Word History and Origins

Origin of sarrusophone¹

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

Example Sentences

When the heavy-set Don Iñigo arrives on the scene, the sarrusophone, a large and deep metallic reed instrument, has some hilariously flatulent solos.

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At one point, Ravel instructs the sarrusophone player to remove his mouthpiece and play as loudly as possible on it, in imitation of a rooster crowing.

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Lipnick normally plays a contraforte, a variant on the bassoon, but for this piece he brandished an elongated metal instrument — a sarrusophone, a double-reed instrument invented in the mid-19th century, now almost completely forgotten, for which both this piece and the Dukas were originally scored.

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One needs explanation: the sarrusophone, a brass instrument played with a reed.

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The sarrusophone player blows and squeaks through the mouthpiece in a comically tuneless, pitchless manner.

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