Serpent Forveille. Nominal pitch C

Technical description: Wooden body (long straight bell section with one bow); intermediate brass section with two bows, one with drainage receptacle (boîte salive); brass crook. Brass trim on bell rim and brass ferrule at proximal end of wooden section. Brass music card holder fixed to bell, L0: closed-standing key in middle of straight bell section, L1: closed-standing key on brass section; open finger-hole on brass section, L2: open finger-hole on brass section, L3: open finger-hole on brass section, L4: closed-standing key on brass section R1: closed-standing key at bottom of wooden section, R2: open finger-hole at bottom of wooden section, R3: open finger-hole at bottom of wooden section, R4: open finger-hole at bottom of wooden section, Keymount type: brass saddles. Keyhead type: flat, round. Repair History: Stay of crook and drainage receptacle replacements by N. Perry and J. Webb, 1997.