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A new form was given to the serpent at the beginning of the year 1806 by instrument maker Sieur Piffault, Rue Bourtibourg, Paris.
The use of this serpent is much easier for military service than the former serpent; we hold the lower part on the right side, like the bassoon.
Because of this ease, the inventor named it a military serpent.
This serpent has all the qualities of the other, the same fingering, the same inconvenience of the high and middle C; but the sound is brighter, and the body is not covered with leather as it is with the old serpent.
