zufolo Mus.
(ˈtsuːfələʊ, z-)
Also zuffolo.
[a. It. zuf(f)olo.]
A flageolet, a small flute or whistle (see quots.).
| 1724 Short Explic. Foreign Words in Mus. Bks., Zufolo, a Bird Pipe or Small Flagelet. 1740 Grassineau Mus. Dict., Zuffolo, a little Flute or Flageolet. c 1801 T. Busby Dict. Music, Zuffolo, any little flute or flageolet: but more especially that which is used to teach birds. 1876 Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms 456/1 Zufolo.., a flageolet or whistle. 1954 Grove's Dict. Mus. (ed. 5) IX. 427/2 There..is no reason for concluding..that Keiser's zuffolo was a small shawm. 1960 [see Picco pipe]. 1976 D. Munrow Instruments Middle Ages & Renaissance vi. 58/1 Leonardo clearly envisaged the possibility of a keyed trumpet and a keyed zufolo or pipe. |