In the late 1990s German instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim created a Piccolo-Saxophon (lit.

The keywork only extends to a written E♭6 (sounding D♭7) rather than F or F♯ like most saxophones, and the upper octave key has to be placed on the mouthpiece.

[1] There is very little music written explicitly for the soprillo given its short history and extremely high pitch.

British saxophonist Nigel Wood wrote and commissioned several solo soprillo works, performing and recording them for his 2008 CD, Soprillogy.

[5] Saxophonists Vinny Golia, Jay C. Easton and Berni Attilio also perform and record on soprillo.