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Serpent, C

Date1810 ca.
Place MadeEngland, Europe
Serial No.none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionBody made of wooden sections, hollowed out from two halves, painted red inside; cover of brown paper, painted black; brass ferrules, braces, and bocal.
Six fingerholes with wooden bushings (cocus?).

Seam of ferrules overlapping and riveted.
DimensionsHeight: ca. 630 mm
Internal diameter (instrument): ca. 25-85 mm

ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesGary M. Stewart, “Keyed Brass Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection,” SMM Catalog Vol. I (1980), p. 5.

Gary M. Stewart, The Restoration and Cataloging of Four serpents in the Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments, MM Thesis, University of South Dakota,1978, pp. 49-55;m plate XXIII-XXVI, pp. 52-55.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01363
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