So many people have emailed me asking about the colours of the new Serpent Polly, I thought I’d just put up a colour chart on the website. Just click the www link and have a look. I’ve done my best to make the JPEG as accurate as only 16 million colours can make it.
We now return you to your local wrangling about which-is-better-aluminium-or-brass… (hint: it’s whatever sounds best to YOU!) 
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Bill, I think if you’d had that picture (the avatar) of you up when you first joined C&F, none of those early conflicts would have happened! I know, I know, the kid wasn’t born yet.
Are they available in most keys?
Your website makes it clear that it is under revision.
However, a comprehensive list of keys, colors, prices, and models would help break the paper thin resolve of the weak willed among us…
Best, John
Hi, Jessie! You’re very nice to say that. And Samantha is certainly a major icebreaker at parties! I, for one, am very, very happy to see you back on C&F! -serp-
Hi, cj! I answered you in a PM - I only recommend high D and high Eb for the little Polly - small bore and thick walls make other keys kind of a bear to make play right. -serp-
Howdy, Jim! I updated the site today with a better list of models, keys, and prices for the Serpent brass whistles, and put up a color chart for the little Polly whistles. If you see other deficiencies, let me know - may be a while before I get the new stuff into the code! -serp-
The most popular part is, of course, the sale notices!
The thing that bugs me about the Serpent site is that if you go to http://www.serpentmusic.com/ you get one home page that has only a few whistles in it. You have to know the “secret” URL http://www.serpentmusic.com/homepage.htm to get the better homepage that has all the models (except for the polymers, which show only in the smaller homepage). But, if you really want descriptions of the different kinds of metal whistles, then you have to know http://www.shannaquay.com/item.jhtml?UCIDs=963379|1030746&PRID=1388706
(chew, chew, chew…)
Ooooh the firey-colored one is spiffy! drools
Glauber, thank you SOOOOO much for exposing the old site, You Dirty Rat! I want people to get OVER the inordinate number of whistles I offered, and concentrate only on the newer ones, with loverly curved fipple plugs, and really good voicing, and made of materials other than the dastardly chrome molybdenum steel, which eats milling cutters for lunch! (Though I must admit, being called “The Harley-Davidson of whistles” does strike a happy chord in my heart!)..
Folks, honest, the new site has ALL of the whistles in ALL of the keys and ALL of the colours, that I make. Except the Village Smithy, that ubiquitous hanger-on from an era in which I used wood fipples held in place with epoxy and brass pins, upgraded to silver-brazed solid brass fipples and curved windways, but still ever indestructible. I don’t advertise the VS. It’s a word-of-mouth item, only… however, the Word of Mouth seems terribly like an advert on a billboard, judging by the number of people who still know about it and want one of the accursed things!
(sigh…) back to the milling machine…
serpent
EDIT: The price of the VS is not $45 any more. To keep you from buying it, I’ve raised the price to $60 since each one seems to eat at least one $15 milling cutter. It’s not my fault. Blame Glauber.
EDIT: The old site has been removed. The URL no longer works. If you’re one of the people still waiting for a Village Smithy, it will be delivered. If you haven’t ordered one yet, well, if you know about it, you can, but for heaven’s sake, don’t tell anyone else! The people at the shop where I buy cobalt cutters think I’m nuts enough already.
Sam, is that picture (part of) you?
Sam appears to be not listening now - probably asleep in class again - so I shall answer for her.
No.
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$60 is too cheap. It should be at least $600. I don’t want anybody else to buy them, so i can have the coolest whistle in town. But if you want to sell a lot of them, you should price it around $150-200. It’s amazing how many people want to buy whistles in that price range.
For people like me who don’t even know what PayPal is, can I send a $48 buck check??? And one more time, the difference between internal vs. external slide vis-a-vis durability??
The turquoise has Weekenders written all over it…
Hey Serp Nice to see you are on the move with your products.
May I say they look very spiffin 
Still playing the A
Best 
if i’m not mistaken, that partial picture is of johnny depp, i think from the movie benny and joon, which is quite funny.
I think the word for doing something like that would be “chutzpah”. Best definition I know for that is, a guy murders his parents then pleads with the court for mercy because he’s an orphan.
Still, if somebody wants to pay more than $60 for the thing, well, I won’t stop 'em!
serpent
The character’s name IS in fact Sam(who is indeed played by the ever-lufferly Johnny Depp) but no it’s not me.
Sure, Weekski. A check or MO is fine. The address should be on the website. If I’ve overlooked that little detail, I will correct it in about 5 minutes after posting this.
Like most mail-order biz, I do hold shipment until personal checks clear, so in that respect, bank checks and money orders have advantages.
I don’t think there are any durability differences between the internal and external slide. I think a polished brass external looks good on the solid colours, but that’s me. However, if you accidentally pop off the external slide, you can glue it back on with Super Glue. If you break the internal one, it’s a trip to the shop to fix it, and possibly a charge for a replacement part. But the internal slide version has a little sleeker “look”. Play is virtually identical for all 3 models.
Cheers,
serp
[In Fernando voice] “it’s better to look good than to feel good!”
I know my choice. For those interested, these shiny little beauties have cracked the Weekender WHOA immunity. Just gotta get one.
Cool, Weekster! Drop me an email and tell me what you want, and I’ll get it ready in the current batch so I can just send it.
Happy Colors!
serp
I’d recognize that eye anywhere, Sam… Though Johnny Depp has gone a bit wacko jacko for me lately. He’s getting to that eccentric-recluse-out-of-touch-with-reality stage.
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