Serpent in C
Object type: Serpent in C
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: British
Artist: Thomas Key
Artist bio: British, active London before 1805–1858
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: British
Date: ca. 1840
Medium: Wood, leather, fabric, brass
Dimensions: Length  73.5 cm, Diameter of bell  10.1 w/o brass garland,  Thickness:   +/- 0.6 cm (measured 4 cm in from bell), +/- 0.7 cm at mouthpipe socket, Diameter of mouthpiece socket 0.590 in., Diameter of tube socket 0.875 in.; Length of tube:	+/-206 cm
		+/-22.8 cm mouthtube (exposed part)
Total		+/-228.8 cm w/o mouthpiece
Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-horn
Geography:  London  England United Kingdom  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889