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Serpent. Nominal pitch: 8-ft C.
Technical description: Wood with leather binding; ivory finger-hole bushes; brass stays, bell mount, crook receiver mount, keys and crook; 4 finger-holes for L2, L3, R3, R2; 7 keys for L1, L1, L4, R4, R0, R1 (on bridge), R0 (on bridge), arranged for right hand held under tube. Keymount type: brass saddles. Keyhead type: flat round.
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Circa 1815 - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Great Britain - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.213-71
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.213-71
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:740
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16958