Illustration of the brass instrument known as the serpent, from Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1883, vol 3 p 469. This is an original scan by Andrew Alder from an old book in his personal collection.
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<cite class="book" style="font-style:normal" id="Reference-Stone-1883">Stone, William H. (1883)   Grove,  George , ed.   <i> A Dictionary of Music and Musicians</i>, 3, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:London" class="extiw" title="w:en:London"><span title="capital and largest city of the United Kingdom">London</span></a>:  Macmillan and Co., p. 469  <small></small></cite>