Serpent Forveille in B-flat, ca. 1825, Paris, France, French, Wood, leather, L. 101 cm., Diameter. of bell +/-17.1 cm., Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-horn, 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
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Serpent Forveille, B-flat, ca, 1825, Paris, France, French, Wood, leather, L, 101 cm, Diameter, bell, +/-17.1, Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-horn, Forveille, Paris active, 1824–39, serpent, wide bass, brass, horn, finger holes, evolved, sixteenth century, gained importance, band music, second half, eighteenth, Thenceforth, unwieldy shape, modified, converted, upright forms
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