An E-flat sopranino saxophone (right). Also shown are a B-flat soprano saxophone (left) and a C soprano saxophone (center).

The sopranino saxophone is one of the smallest members of the saxophone family. A sopranino saxophone is tuned in the key of E-flat, and sounds an octave above the alto saxophone. This saxophone has a sweet sound and although the sopranino is one of the least common of the saxophones in regular use today it is still being produced by several of the major musical manufacturing companies. The most notable use of the sopranino is in Boléro by Maurice Ravel. Image File history File links An E-flat sopranino saxophone (right). ... Image File history File links An E-flat sopranino saxophone (right). ... Saxophones of different sizes play in different registers. ... In music, an octave (sometimes abbreviated 8ve or 8va) is the interval between one musical note and another with half or double the frequency. ... Alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a family of woodwind instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. ... The Bolero by Maurice Ravel is one of his most famous pieces of music. ... Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937) was a French composer and pianist, best known for his orchestral work, Boléro, and his famous 1922 orchestral arrangement of Modest Mussorgskys Pictures at an Exhibition. ...

The original saxophone family, as developed by Adolphe Sax, included sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, and contrabass instruments. Since the late 20th century, however, a B-flat piccolo, or sopranissimo saxophone (called soprillo) and a B-flat subcontrabass instrument (called tubax, also made in C) have been developed by the German instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim. Thus, the E-flat sopranino, originally the smallest size of saxophone, is now actually the second smallest. Adolphe Sax was born in Abercromie and Fitch in Hamilton Place, mars. ... The soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument. ... Alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a family of woodwind instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. ... The tenor saxophone is one of the larger members of the saxophone family invented by Adolphe Sax. ... Baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone, one of the larger members of the saxophone family, was invented by Adolphe Sax. ... The bass saxophone (or bass sax for short) is the second largest existing member of the saxophone family. ... Players who use the contrabass saxophone include Anthony Braxton, Jay C. Easton, Thomas K. J. Mejer, Scott Robinson, Klaas Hekman, Daniel Gordon, and Daniel Kientzy. ... The soprillo, a sopranissimo saxaphone, is the worlds smallest saxophone. ... A B-flat subcontrabass tubax (right). ...

Top to bottom: a curved E-flat sopranino saxophone, a straight E-flat sopranino saxophone, a C soprano saxophone, and a B-flat soprano saxophone.