Flue Stops
Organ stops, the pipes of which are constructed on the same principle as the whistle or flageolet.
Flute, Flauto (It.) (flau-to), Flöte (Ger.) (flateh). (I) One of the most important of orchestral instruments; a cylindrical tube blown at a hole in the side called the embouchure. The modern flute, constructed on the Boehm system, is very much superior to the older instrument in both tone and tune. Its compass is from 8va.
A (2) An organ-stop of 8 or 4-foot pitch; in French organs a general name for flue stops.