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Serpent in C (c.1805) by W. Schmidt, Upright Serpent in D (c.1810-20), Serpent Forville in B-flat (c.1825), The Met, NYC. 

Serpent in C
W. Schmidt

Accession Number: 89.4.1630
Date:		  ca. 1805
Geography:	  Mainz, Germany
Medium: 	  Wood, leather, brass
Dimensions:	  Length 67.1 cm, 
		  Length of tube ca. 197 cm without mouthpipe,
		  Diameter of bell: oval 13.5 cm x 10.5 cm,
		  Diameter of bore: 0.540 in. at mouthpiece socket, 
				    0.875 in. mouthpiece socket
		  For complete measurements see departmental files.
Classification:   Aerophone-Lip Vibrated
Credit Line:	  The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Upright Serpent in D

Accession Number: 89.4.312 
Date:		  ca. 1810--20
Geography:	  Italy
Medium: 	  Brass, paint
Dimensions:	  Length 37 in. (94 cm),
		  Diameter of bell mouth opens +/- 3-30/32 in. (+/- 10 cm),
		  Diam. of reciever: 1.2 cm (.482 in.)
Classification:   Aerophone-Lip Vibrated
Credit Line:	  The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Serpent Forveille in B-flat
Forveille 

Accession Number: 89.4.1094 
Date:		  ca. 1825
Geography:	  Paris, France
Medium: 	  Wood, leather
Dimensions:	  L. 101 cm., 
		  Diameter. of bell +/-17.1 cm., 
		  Diameter of bore inside reciever 0.429 in. 
				   inside larger end of crook 1.105 in. 
				   inside brass tenon that enters wood tube 1.775 in.
Classification:   Aerophone-Lip Vibrated
Credit Line:	  The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
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  • W. Schmidt (circa 1805
    date QS:P,+1805-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
    ). [89.4.1630] Serpent in C. Mainz, Germany.
    "​ Maker: W. Schmidt (German, active Mainz, early 19th century) "
  • [89.4.312] Upright Serpent in D. Italy (ca. 1810–20).
    "​Upright serpents and trombones with dragon heads enjoyed some popularity in Italy, France, and Spain between about 1790 and 1840. The fashion for the motif was triggered by excavations of ancient Celtic horns with dragon heads. This example had three keys, six finger holes. The serpent, a wide bass with finger holes that evolved at the end of the sixteenth century, gained importance in band music during the second half of the eighteenth century. Thenceforth, the serpent's unwieldy shape was either modified or converted to upright forms. When in 1829 valve basses began to be developed, they absorbed the characteristics of the serpent, which gradually became extinct. The most important types of early valve basses were the bombardon, the tuba (1835), and the valved ophicleide (1835). "
  • Forveille (circa 1825
    date QS:P,+1825-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
    ). [89.4.1094] Serpent Forveille in B-flat. .
    "​ Maker: Forveille (French, Paris active 1824–39) ",
    "​The serpent, a wide bass brass horn with finger holes that evolved at the end of the sixteenth century, gained importance in band music during the second half of the eighteenth century. Thenceforth, the serpent's unwieldy shape was either modified or converted to upright forms. This version, with four keys and six fingerholes, was designed and first publicly displayed in Paris in 1823. "

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