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The serpent was probably invented in 1590 by
Edme Guillaume, a canon at Auxerre.
It was used in sacred music to reinforce low
men's voices. When well played, it blends with voices and gives a depth to
the choral sound.
During the next two hundred years after its
invention, it was used as a military band instrument and later evolved into
the ophecleide and tuba
Music
Bladder Pipe
Cornamuse
Dulcian
Gamba Harp
Harpsichord
Kortholt
Lizard
Lute
Organetto Pipe and
Tabor Psaltery Rebec Recorder Sacbut Schalmei
Serpent Shawm Shofar Viol
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