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 Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. 149 of country pewterers whose marks are known, there are few, if any, which one could mistake for London marks, diverse though the latter are, a more flamboyant style being as a rule adopted with a greater tendency to advertising. The mark of Dolbeare being one of the most restrained in style of all the country marks I have seen, is at the same time most pleasing and seems eminently suited for pewter ware. Without direct proof that the marks on Plates iv., v. and vi. should occupy a place in a Hst of West-country pewterers, the evidence to hand and the frequency with which their pieces have been met with in the district, are sufficient to justify the belief that further information will eventually establish their right to inclusion therein. It is desired that anyone having such information will not wait for the next number of this paper, but will communicate direct with the author at Foden Road, Walsall, Staffs. '3-<^l^<n)(-p. l^^^ Howard H. Cotterell, 121. Church Bands (IX., p. 124, par. 106). — I am informed that in Peter Tavy parish church, during the vicariate of the Rev. Thomas Gibbons up to the year 1870, the following instruments assisted regularly in the church service: ist violin, Joseph Row; 2nd violin, Mark Rickard ; " bass viol," Robert Prout. Other instruments were used on special occasions— a bassoon frequently. The following extract is taken from the Illustrated Western Weekly News of Nov. nth, 1916, p. 10: " Two interesting old musical instruments, with ancient Devonshire associations, are being added to Exeter Museum. They are a ' serpent ' (a brass instrument) and clarinet, which were many years ago played in Ashhurton Church. The ' serpent ' was last year sold among the effects of the father of Mr. T. H. Veale, of Paignton, and came into the hands of the Homeland Association, who, after exhibiting it, sold it to the Exeter Museum authorities. Mr. Veale, having in his possession the clarinet, sold it to the same association, and both instruments are now in the hands of the Museum authorities." The description of the " serpent " as a brass instrument is strange, because it is generally described as consisting of "conical sections of wooden tube held together by a covering of leather." R. Pearse Chope. The extract quoted above is incorrect in describing the
 * ' serpent " recently purchased by the Exeter Museum as a