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The Saxtubas

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These are instruments with cup-formed mouthpieces and a mechanism of three cylinders. They have tremendous sonority and their sound carries very far; hence, they are extremely effective in open-air bands.

They are to be treated exactly like saxhorns except that one must keep in mind the fact that the double-bass in ED and the drone in B? are missing. Their evenly rounded shape recalls that of the large ancient trumpets.

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