piccolo

piccolo
/pik"euh loh'/, n., pl. piccolos.
a small flute sounding an octave higher than the ordinary flute.
[1855-60; < It: lit., small]

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in full  flauto piccolo 
 (Italian: “small flute”), highest pitched woodwind instrument of orchestras and military bands. It is a small transverse (horizontally played) flute of conical or cylindrical bore, fitted with Boehm-system keywork and pitched an octave higher than the ordinary concert flute.

      The piccolo's compass extends three octaves upward from the second D above middle C. Its orchestral use dates from the late 18th century, when it replaced the flageolet (also called flauto piccolo). A six-keyed piccolo in D♭ was formerly used in military bands to facilitate playing in flat keys. Piccolo is also the name of an organ stop; the word can be applied to other instruments, such as the piccolo clarinet or the violino piccolo (“small violin”).

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