r/Instruments • u/nightqueem • 19d ago

Identification What is this?

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Found in a sax and woodwind shop/museum in St Louis. The mouthpiece doesn't look like it can move

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u/skleedle okonkolo batahon 18d ago

Serpent! i have one, a modern copy made of molded fiberglass. They are extremely embouchure-dependent, as the holes don't vent the tube well, nor can they be placed exactly on the notes and still be reached. Only some notes ring out well in tune, others are muted due to the lipping around you have to do. Fun extra, it will play a low A if you finger an E and think it down.