Dulzflöte

Dulzflöte (Ger.) (Fr.: flute traversière à bec), 1. cross-blown recorder of the Renaissance. Praetorius shows a cylindrical instr.; 2. organ stop made in several forms: a) as open cylindrical flue stop of very narrow scale, also known as flauta dulcis; b) of overblowing, narrow-scaled, open cylindrical pipes, from 8' to 2' pitch; c) the name was also given to an overblowing cylindrical Gedackt of narrow scale. The stop is also known as flauto amabile, flauto amoroso, flauto dolce, tibia dulcis.