Flageolet

1. (Ger. Flageolett’; Fr. frageolet; Ut. flagiole’ta.) A modernized fidte a bec, a small wind-instr. of the whistle family. There are 2 species still in use, the English and the French; the latter is the more complicated, having 4 holes above and 2 below, various auxiliary keys, ava It is not and a compa used in the of 2 octave shestra... and 3 semi. Double tones,z!tob%: © flageolet,an instr. inv. by Bainbridge about 1800, consisting of 2 flageolets of different size placed side by side and having a common mouthpiece; simple duets could be ‘pee on it, but it is no longer in use... Flageolet-tones, see Harmonic 2.—2. A small flute-stop in the organ, of 1 or 2-foot pitch.