Serpent.

Technical description: Wood with leather binding; ivory or bone finger-hole bushes; brass stays, bell mount, crook receiver mount and lining, keywork and crook; There are only two stays, the usual stay between the third and fourth straight sections is absent. The instrument is arranged to be held horizontally; the right hand underneath and to the right of the tube. Six finger-holes; 3 closed-standing keys for L1, R4 and R0 with leaf springs SATK. Fitting for music-card holder on crook.; Nominal pitch: C.; Type or system: 3 keys.; Keyhead type: flat round.; Keymount type: brass saddles.; ; ;