Bass saxophone
Saxofón bajo
- Date
- c. 1841-1846 · confidence medium
- Place
- Brussels, Belgium
- Credited to
- Adolphe Sax
- Field
- Tools
What it is
The lowest-pitched saxophone in common use, likely the first type of saxophone built by Adolphe Sax, pitched an octave below the tenor saxophone.
What it led to
- Inclusion in military bands and early-20th-century orchestras
- Development of the full saxophone family patented by Sax
- Occasional use in jazz and low-saxophone ensembles
- Influence on hybrid brass-woodwind instrument design