The content of The Serpent Website is intended for the interested lay person, not for serious musical research. News and other timely information is excluded, since there are other sources of information specializing in those areas. Refer to the listed publications, periodicals, organizations and links and forum for more information.
 

ABOUT THE SERPENT	RESOURCES	MISCELLANEOUS	RECIPES
What is it?	Organizations	Heavy Metal Music	Rum Balls
Why a Serpent?	Makers	The Hosaphone	Two Kinds of Chili
How was it used?	Publications	Hear a Serpent	Cheesecake
Variations	Discography & Filmography	Fingering Charts	Gulasch-Suppe (Goulash Soup)
How is it made?	Modern Music	Making a Case for the Ophicleide	Southwestern Cheese Dip/Spread
How is it played?	Books	Build a Serpent or Ophicleide	Lemonade Pie
Pictures	Groups	Newsletter Back Issues	Three Kinds of Cookies
Quotes & Anecdotes	Museums	Photo Gallery	Kung Pao Chicken
Historic Music	Links & Serpent Forum	The Last Page	Oven Fries

Interested in Trebuchets (Medieval siege machines)? The author of this site has designed a few, and plans are available on his site, see link below.
 

The entire content of this webpage is copyrighted by Paul Schmidt, 1997. However, all source information is in the public domain. Queries should be sent to the Serpent Newsletter editorial office, as listed under Organizations.

If you experience difficulty with this website, you may send comments to The Serpent Newsletter via email: ocleide@earthlink.net
 

A somewhat related site is the newsletter & website editor's personal website: Paul Schmidt - His Website
(information on engineering, sound recording, bicycles old and new, trebuchets)