Serpent Forveille in B-flat
Object type: Serpent Forveille in B-flat
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: French
Artist: Forveille
Artist bio: French, Paris active 1824–39
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: French
Date: ca. 1825
Medium: Wood, leather
Dimensions: 110cm (box) x 46cm (box) x 34cm (box)
L. 101 cm., Diameter. of bell  +/-17.1 cm., 
Diameter  of bore	inside reciever  0.429 in.
		inside larger end of crook 1.105 in.
		inside brass tenon that enters wood tube  1.775 in.
Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-horn
Geography:  Paris   France  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889