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Sarrusophone: The sarrusophone is a double reed instrument like the oboe or bassoon, with a metal body and keys like the saxophone. It comes in several forms, including the EEb contrabass (which goes an octave lower than a baritone sax), baritone, tenor, and soprano, which is the only sarrusophone that has a straight sound tube. The lower register sarrusophones look like a stretched-out trumpet or a slide-less trombone, with an upward-facing bell and rectangular curled-up tubing. They have been described tongue-in-cheek as a cross between a bassoon and a saxophone - combining all the disadvantages of both. Its sound characteristics as described in the Film Studies syllabus of Florida State University is as follows: "...a wind instrument of a chillingly barbaric character." According to other sources, the sarrusophone compares favorably with the saxophone in the lower register but does not fare so well in the upper registers. Pierre Louis Gautrot of Guatrot-Marquet invented the sarrusophone in 1856 for use in military bands to reinforce or replace oboes and bassoons. The primary advantage of the contrabass sarrusophone for military bands was that it was considerably lighter than the equivalent contrabass sax. Guatrot credited the idea to Pierre-Auguste Sarrus (1813-1876), Chief de musique of the French army's 13th Infantry Regiment, and honored him by naming the instrument after him. At the time, Adolphus Sax had the monopoly of supplying instruments to the French military bands. The sarrusophone became the subject of unsuccessful litigation by Sax, who thought that it resembled his recently invented saxophone a little too closely. With Sax's monopoly broken, instrument maker Guatrot-Marquet tried to use the sarrusophone to replace the saxophone, but obviously failed to do so. The sarrusophone has been used in various types of music. In serous music, it was used in Igor Stravinsky's "Threni." In jazz, Sidney Bechet (credited with bringing the soprano sax to jazz), solos with it in "Mandy Make up Your Mind," which he recorded with the Clarence Williams Blues Five in 1924. It was also used by ex-Bonzo Dog Band member Vivian Stanshall, on his extraordinary Sir Henry at Rawlinson End.

S-Video	S.M.A.R.T	S/MUX
S/PDIF	S/s	Sabin
SACD (Super Audio Compact Disc)	Saddle	Sag
Samarium-Cobalt Magnet	Samarium-Cobalt Magnet	Sample
Sample-based Synthesis	Sample and Hold	Sample and Hold
Sample CD	Sampler	Sample Rate
Sample Rate Conversion/Converter	Sandbox	Sansa
Sapele	Sapwood	Sarrusophone
SATB	Saturation	Sawtooth Wave
Scale	Scale Length	Scene
Schmitt Trigger	Schroeder Diffusers	SCMS
Scoop	Scooped Mids	Score
Scoring Paper	Scratch	Scratchplate
Scratch Vocal	Screen Saver	Screen Shot
Scribble Strip	Scroll, Scrolling	Scroll Wheel
Scrub	SCSI	SD Card
SDDS	SDIF	SDII (Sound Designer II)
SDMI	SDRAM	Sample Dump Standard (SDS)
SECAM	Sector	Seek Time
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Semi-Parametric EQ	Semi-Weighted Action	Semiconductor
Semitone	Send	Sensitivity
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Serial ATA	Serial Time Code	Series
Server	Serve Shield	Session
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SFX	Shared Library	Shareware
Sharp	Shedding	Shelf/Shelving
Shell	Shield	Shim
Shockmount	Short	Short-scale Bass
Shortcut	Shotgun Microphone	Shred
Shuffle Mode	Shuffler	Shunt
Shuttle	Sibilance	Side-slipping
Side Address	Sideband	Sidechain
Sidefill	Sideman Clause	Signal
Signal Path	Signal To Noise Ratio	Signature
Silica Gel	Silver Duke	SIMM
Simplex Circuit	Sine Wave	Single
Single-ended	Single Coil	Ska
Skiffle	Skin Effect	Skip Back Sampling
Skirt	Skunk Stripe	Slab Board
Slap Echo	Slash Chord	Slate
Slave	Slave Reel	Sleep
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Slip Cue	Slip Mode	Slope
Slur	Small Diaphragm	SmartMedia
SmartWood	SMDI	Standard MIDI File (SMF)
SMPTE	SMPTE Time Code	Snake
Snapshot Automation	Soap bar	Soffit
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Soft Synth	Software	Software Update
Solder	Solid Body (guitar)	Solid State
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Song Form	Song Position Pointer (SPP)	Sony Wave64
Soprano	Sostenuto Pedal	Sound
Soundbite	Soundboard	Sound Card
Sound Check	Sound Designer	Soundette
Sound Field	Sound font	Soundhole
Sound Manager	Soundstage	Sound Transmission Loss
Soundware	Sound Wave	Source
SourceCode	Source Cue/Source Music	SP-MIDI
Space Control Bridge	Spaced Omni	Spaghetti Logo
Spalted Maple	Speaker Cabinet	Speakon
Spectra	Spectrum	Sphere stereo
Spider	Sound Pressure Level (SPL)	Splatter
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Split Point	Spot Mode	Spotting Session
Song Position Pointer (SPP)	Spread	Spring Claw
Spring Reverb	Spruce	Sputter/Sputtering
signal to quantization noise ratio	Square Wave	Square Wave Response
Squelch	Staccato	Stack
Staff	Stage Monitor	Stair Stepping
Standalone or Stand Alone	Standby-Ferro UPS	Standby On-Line Hybrid
Standby UPS	Standing Wave	Star Ground
Star Network	Star Quad	Start Time
Startup Disk	Status Byte	STC
Steganography	Stem	Stepped Attenuator
Stepped Sine Wave	Step Time	Stereo
Stereo Bar	Stochastic Music	Stock
Stompbox	Stop (or Organ Stop)	Stopband
Stoptail Bridge	Stop Tailpiece	Straight 8s (also called Latin)
Strap	Strap Button	Stratabond
Stratitis	Stream/Streaming	Streamer
Streaming Audio	Streaming Media	Stretch Tuning
String Length	String Retainer Bar	String Tree
String Winder	Stripe	Striping
Strip Silence	Stutter Effect (Stuttering)	Stylus
Sub	Sub-audio	Sub-Octave Generator
Subcode	Subdominant	Subframe
Subgroup	Submediant	Submix
Subtractive Synthesis	Subwoofer	Suite
Sum/Summing	Summing Resistor	Super-Tron
Super Axe	Supercardioid	Superclock
Superheterodyne	Supertonic	SuperTron
Supraaural	Surface Mount	Surround
Surround Sound	Suspension	Suspension Basket
Sustain	Sustained Transfer Rate	Sustain Pedal
SVGA	Sweep	Sweepable Mids
Sweetening	Sweet Spot	Sweet Switch
Swing	Switching Power Supply	Switchmaster
Sympathetic Strings	Sympathetic Vibration	Sync 24
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Synchronous	Syncopation	Synergy
Synth Action	SynthAxe	Synthesizer
Syquest	System Bus	System Common Message
System Exclusive	System Preferences (Mac OS X)	System Real Time