I just added the following half-dozen pictures and captions to Serpent & Ophicleide Images: 1600-1800 and Serpent & Ophicleide Images: 1851-present.   1843—Paris, France: L. Franck’s Méthode d’ophicléide is published by J. Meissonnier (see below image; public domain) (National Library of France). 1871—Germany:…

Today I added the 2 images below to the page Serpent & Ophicleide Images: 1600-1850. Enjoy!   c. 1830—France: Jeune musician a l’ophicleide, an anonymous painting, shows a young French musician with ophicleide in the uniform of the Garde nationale…

Today I added the below caption and images to Serpent & Ophicleide: History and Images and to Serpent & Ophicleide Images: 1600-1850.   1844-50—Boucherville, Québec, Canada: Interior decorations by Louis-Thomas Berlinguet and his son Louis-Favien in Église Sainte-Famille (Church of the Holy…

Below is a new image and caption that I recently posted in the Serpent & Ophicleide collection of iconography. Its location of origin would appear to be either Austria or Brazil, both of which do not have a lot of…

New pictures/caption in the post Serpent & Ophicleide: History and Images—   1841—Paris, France: Sistermann’s ophicleide method, Nouvelle méthode d’ophicléide, is published by Joly (see cover and fingering chart, below; public domain) (source: French National Library).

Added the below image to the blog post, Serpent & Ophicleide: History and Images.   c. 1900—A French chocolate advertisement depicts a soldier playing ophicleide (see below image; public domain).

Added the below caption/image to the blog post Serpent & Ophicleide: History and Images.   c. 1814—Paris, France: An anonymous method book, Méthode de Serpent adoptée par le Conservatoire de musique, includes, among other materials, a fingering chart for serpent (see below…