Sudrophone jazz by Gunhild Carling

Gunhild Carling Jazz on Sudrophone Mac Carling clarinet, Linnea Carling banjo Song is “Sudrophone jazz” by Gunhild Carling Instrument belongs to Guy Estimbre The sudrophone is a brass instrument invented by the French instrument maker François Sudre. Its shape resembles that of an ophicleide. It was patented in 1892. A sudrophone has a conical bore and three or four Perinet valves. Its length is 86 centimetres and the bell diameter is 17 centimetres. The unique feature of these instruments was an apparatus on the side of the bell throat called a “mirliton“ (kazoo), with a membrane which would vibrate sympathetically with its pitch, creating a kazoo-like effect. The apparatus allowed the player to either engage or disengage the membrane, so it could also function as a normal saxhorn, albeit with a unique outside shape and narrow bell.