fipple

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A Flote by Any Other Name program, featuring performances by Naomi Senzer and Larry Zukof on transverse flute and fipple flute, and more. nmsmusicschool. org Laura Ouimette

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  1. noun A whistlelike mouthpiece for certain wind instruments, such as a recorder or flageolet, that channels the breath toward the sounding edge of a side opening.
  2. noun An object similar to a fipple in an organ pipe.

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  • A Flote by Any Other Name program, featuring performances by Naomi Senzer and Larry Zukof on transverse flute and fipple flute, and more. nmsmusicschool. org Laura Ouimette —  New Haven Advocate: News
  • Place the tip of the fipple between your lips, but not between your teeth.
  • Musicians sat in the corner: a jar-drum, a tambourine, trumpets, and a fipple flute. —  Travel Tales in the Promised Land (Palestine)
 

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