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Flûteau

Flûteau obs. Fr.: a small larigot or flageolet. Thoinan Arbeau, in 1588, writes of the “fluttot nommé arigot,” which had a variable number of fingerholes, depending upon its size, the best having 4 front and 2 rear ones. Cf. larigot (204). Wright, Rowland. Dictionnaire des instruments de musique. London, 1941.

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