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The model used to manufacture the SBerger Original Serpent was an undated and unsigned instrument belonging to Michel Godard.
Indeed, thanks to modern technologies, notably medical diagnostic devices, I was able to optimize certain structural aspects of the serpent. The sound is fuller, the range has been extended and intonation is even more precise.
Each serpent is unique. But each has essentially the same intonation and attack. The differences in the wood structures can produce slight variations in sonority and timbre. The volume can also differ a little from one instrument to the next. This is why you should come to our workshop to choose your instrument, if at all possible.
And to ensure posterity, each serpent has a unique serial number burnt into the bell, so future generations can track its origins.
Body: walnut
Covering : calfskin
Varnish : natural resins
Tuning : A = 440Hz
D SERPENT
The Serpent for Baroque music.
The fundamental note of this Serpent is D. The A is tuned to 415Hz.
Attempts to tune my Serpent in C with longer or shorter crooks in order to obtain the baroque tonality have been unsatisfactory. Patrick Wibart came to me with the idea of realizing a D-Serpent.
Although this solution requires a second instrument, it is good in every respect.
