The serpent is a low-pitched early wind instrument in the lip-reed family, developed in the Renaissance era. It has a trombone -like mouthpiece, with six tone holes arranged in two …

Serpent, in music, a bass wind instrument sounded by the vibration of the lips against a cup mouthpiece. It was probably invented in 1590 by Edme Guillaume, a French canon of Auxerre, …

The serpent is a wood bass horn with a characteristic curved shape and six finger holes for playing. Although they look like something out of the dark ages, they were invented in 1590 by …

Like the lizard, the serpentine shape of the instrument brings the finger holes and mouthpiece within reach of the player. Its range can extend to three octaves.

The Serpent is one of the most improbable musical instruments ever devised. In use almost continuously since its first appearance in 1590, it continues to find a place even in today's high …

What is the Serpent (instrument)? The serpent is a low-pitched early wind instrument in the lip-reed family, developed in the Renaissance era.

The serpent is a historical low-pitched wind instrument, classified as a lip-reed aerophone, featuring a long conical wooden tube bent into a serpentine shape to bring its six finger holes …

Serpents are open-hole instruments with a conical air-column typically pitched at an eight-foot C2, in contrast to the more commonly known upright serpent, the ophicleide, a closed-hole (keyed) …

The serpent is a wind instrument, resembling a coiled snake, with a rich and intriguing history. Once popular in past orchestras, the serpent gradually lost its place in modern music.

A serpent is a bass wind instrument, descended from the cornett, and a distant ancestor of the tuba, with a mouthpiece like a brass instrument but side holes like a woodwind. It is usually a …