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The serpant was an early versin of the tuba invented in 1590. It was made of mostly wood and leather
The tuba originated in Germenay in 1835. Soon after the British brass bands adopted the instranent.
The Sousaphone, alleged to have been first made by C. G. Conn in 1898, but it was actually first manufactured by J. W. Pepper in 1893, where it was displayed at the industrial exhibit in Philadelphia that same year.
J. W. Pepper suggested the design to John Philip Sousa. In fact, the original J. W. Pepper Sousaphone is still in existence. The Sousa is mostly useing in marching bands now.
