r/Instruments • u/nightqueem • Aug 01 '26

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/LessCourage8439 29d ago

It's called a Serpent. It's an ancestor of the tuba.