J'Élle Stainer explained

J'Élle Stainer is a musical instrument manufacturer specialising in large saxophones based in Italy and São Paulo, Brazil. They are notable for building some of the first subcontrabass saxophones, the largest of the family of instruments conceived of by its Belgian inventor in the 1840s, Adolphe Sax.

In the 2000s, J'Élle Stainer made contrabass saxophones for the popular large church orchestras of the Christian Congregation in Brazil. In 2010 they produced the first working subcontrabass saxophone, albeit in a more compact form than originally envisaged, more than 160 years after Sax first described it in his 1846 patent.[1] This instrument was shown that year at Expomusic.[2] In 2013, J'Élle Stainer completed the second full-size subcontrabass saxophone, after German maker Benedikt Eppelsheim built the first a year earlier.[3] [4] It stands high and weighs .[5]

J'Élle Stainer also make a stainerfone, a contrabass saxophone built in a more compact form, comparable in size to a baritone saxophone.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Compact Subcontrabass . J'Élle Stainer Extreme Saxophones . 22 November 2022 . 21 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221121234507/https://www.jellestainer.com/product-page/compact-subcontrabass . live .
  2. Web site: J'Elle Stainer Double Bb Sub-contrabass Saxophone . Berni . Attilio . saxophone.org . 21 February 2013 . 22 November 2022 . 22 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221122111819/https://www.saxophone.org/resources/guestArticle/view/article/15 . live .
  3. Web site: GWR Subcontrabass . J'Élle Stainer Extreme Saxophones . 6 November 2022 . 6 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221106025415/https://www.jellestainer.com/product-page/gwr-subcontrabass . live .
  4. Sub contrabbasso J'Elle Stainer Eppelsheim soprillo . Berni, Attilio (saxophone); Romeo, Alfredo (drums); Antinozzi, Christian (bass); Crispolti, Alessandro (piano) . video . recorded 18 October 2020 . Maccarese, Italy . Museo del Saxofono . 27 January 2021 . 22 November 2022 . YouTube .
  5. Web site: Largest saxophone - playable by one person . 3 August 2013 . Guinness World Records . 22 November 2022 . 21 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221121235959/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/110941-largest-saxophone-playable-by-one-person . live .

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