23rd January 2007
Andre Gil Oliveira Santana says:
Good night, my name is Andres, is of Aracaju, Sergipe - BRAZIL, I liked very you gave site and I finished to know this pretty instrument that is sax soprillo, never had seen this sax, was astonished with it, I am do Brazil, study sax since the 14anos and taste very of saxofones, the refining would like to know which undoes, in that city is manufactured, the price and if voces pelo vendem here for Brazil parabens site, the materias and sax. Grateful
18th January 2007
Christopher Albury says:
Where can I Purchase a Soprillo Saxophone and how much do you think that it would cost me?Nigel says:
I've answered this in previous replies below.
17th January 2007
Benedikt Eppelsheim's contact details are on his website, but here they are for here:
Phone +49 89 29 16 38 89
Fax +49 721 151 404 379
Email: mail@eppelsheim.com
hi whats up says:
i have two questions do the soprillo and alto sax have the same fingerings and notes and how do you buy the soprillo on the eppelsheim website?Nigel says:
The fingerings are basically the same although some alternative fingerings may be necessary for the higher notes. The soprillo has an top Eb key but doesn't have a top E, F, F# like an alto sax.Benedikt Eppelsheim's contact details are on his website, but here they are for here:
Phone +49 89 29 16 38 89
Fax +49 721 151 404 379
Email: mail@eppelsheim.com
17th January 2007
Unfortunately, I am neither an arranger nor composer. The reason I mentioned the Prelude and Fuge is because I have a CD of a clarinetist who played this piece using clarinets ranging from the A flat sopranino to the contrabass.
Please forgive me if I got you all excited for nothing....
Randolph Murphy says:
Dear Nigel:Unfortunately, I am neither an arranger nor composer. The reason I mentioned the Prelude and Fuge is because I have a CD of a clarinetist who played this piece using clarinets ranging from the A flat sopranino to the contrabass.
Please forgive me if I got you all excited for nothing....
10th January 2007
Every time I hear the Soprillo, I love it that much more. More composers definitely need to hear this instrument. I especially enjoyed the duet with Sibbele Wijnia.
Perhaps one day the National Saxophone Choir of Great Britain will add the Eppelsheim Subcontrabass. It would come in handy for Bach's "Prelude & Fugue in C minor".
(with optional Subcontrabass part)
Randolph Murphy says:
Dear Nigel:Every time I hear the Soprillo, I love it that much more. More composers definitely need to hear this instrument. I especially enjoyed the duet with Sibbele Wijnia.
Perhaps one day the National Saxophone Choir of Great Britain will add the Eppelsheim Subcontrabass. It would come in handy for Bach's "Prelude & Fugue in C minor".
Nigel says:
Would you consider arranging the Prelude & Fugue for the NSC?(with optional Subcontrabass part)
17th January 2007
i was looking at the website of het saxofoon orkest of Karl Veen and so i come here! i dont now if you remember me but i am mari?lle from the netherlands. i meet you wen you come to play with Sibbele. im gonna see your hole page another time because i dont have much time now.
greetz Mari?lle Peuchen from The Netherlands
Mari?lle says:
hi nigel!i was looking at the website of het saxofoon orkest of Karl Veen and so i come here! i dont now if you remember me but i am mari?lle from the netherlands. i meet you wen you come to play with Sibbele. im gonna see your hole page another time because i dont have much time now.
greetz Mari?lle Peuchen from The Netherlands
10th January 2007
Kim D says:
I'm slightly afraid to ask...but have you been able to reach altissimo, or even just an E natural? Even though it might be piercing, I'm still curious to find out just how high the little guy can go! Nigel says:
You should be very afraid, particularly of notes above top D. I've managed E's and F's but haven't mastered a way of hitting them consistently. Clearly the 'little guy' has a way to go.
13th December 2006
I was just wondering, since its also called a piccolo sax, does it sounds like a the piccolo?Then you think that a piccolo player like me can play this soprillo.I play the piccolo
Vince says:
Hey ther!I was just wondering, since its also called a piccolo sax, does it sounds like a the piccolo?Then you think that a piccolo player like me can play this soprillo.I play the piccolo
Nigel says:
Why not listen to the audio clips and decide for yourself? It's a sax not a flute.
6th December 2006
Tina says:
How much mouth pressure would you need for such a small instrument and mouth piece? I play alto sax, and bari sax, and clarinet, and I know clarinet requires much more than an alto or bari, but how much would you say a soprillo requires?Nigel says:
You could try blowing an Eb clarinet - it's not the same but would give you a rough idea.
28th November 2006
Josh says:
can you get a soprillo anywhere in canada, cause ive wanted one for a while and once i get ill save up and get one, cause im only in high school, but i can play soprano, atlo, tenor, and bari sax, and im looking for a REAL challenge!Nigel says:
sax.co.uk. or Eppelsheim sell them to countries throughout the world. Just click the banner above and enquire.