Serpent in C
Thomas Key
ca. 1840
Medium
Wood, leather, fabric, brass
Dimensions
Length 73.5 cm, Diameter of bell 10.1 w/o brass garland, Thickness: +/- 0.6 cm (measured 4 cm in from bell), +/- 0.7 cm at mouthpipe socket, Diameter of mouthpiece socket 0.590 in., Diameter of tube socket 0.875 in.; Length of tube: +/-206 cm +/-22.8 cm mouthtube (exposed part) Total +/-228.8 cm w/o mouthpiece
Classification
Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-horn
Culture
British
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number
89.4.1643