Kathleen Schlesinger, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 10… (1911)
“ FLAGEOLET, in music, a kind of flûte-à-bec with a new fingering, invented in France at the end of the 16th century, and in vogue in England from the end of the 17th to the beginning of the 19th century. ”
Kathleen Schlesinger, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 10… (1911)
“ The instrument retained its popularity until the beginning of the 19th century, when Bainbridge constructed double and triple flageolets. [3] The three tubes were bored parallel through one piece of wood communicating near the mouthpiece which was common to all three. ”
