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Picco Pipe

a small pipe, having two ventages above and one below. It is blown by means of a mouth-piece like a flûte à bec or whistle; and in playing, the little finger is used for varying the pitch by being inserted in the end. The player, Picco, after whom it was named, produced a compass of three octaves from this primitive instrument.

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