Lanfranc, I nearly said it was a giant brass bassoon, but on close inspection, the reeds seem to be ... what's the technical expression? You put the reeds between your lips (as per oboe), whle the sarrusaphone reeds are enclosed (half-broken?), like a baasoon, or (heaven help us!) a bagpipe chanter--aargh! Imagine a sarrusa-bagpipe! You'd need two people to carry it, let alone play the thing. If there's a pipe-maker out ther who's tempted, DON'T DO IT! Roger, what have you started?

Steve