zinkehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zinke_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezinke, n.
Revised 2021

zinkenoun

  1. 1.
    1773–
    An organ reed stop resembling a muted trumpet in tone.
    1. 1773
      Pedals..15. Cink, 2 [feet]. A cornet, horn, or shawm. [English name] Octave Clarion.
      C. Burney, Present State of Music in Germany vol. II. 308
    2. 1776
      The organ at Haerlem is said to have sixty stops, many of them but little known to the English workmen, among which are the Bourdon, Gemsen-horn, the Quintadena, Schalmey, Dulciana, Buzain, and Zink.
      J. Hawkins, General History Music vol. IV. i. x. 149
    3. 1935
      The zincke and regal are reed stops of thin tone with curiously shaped resonators of very short length.
      Organ January 141
    4. 2001
      One of the most interesting reeds is the Zincke on the Ober Positiv—a short compass rank matching the scale of instrumental cornett.
      Organists' Review May 107/1
  2. 2.
    1776–
    A curved or straight wind instrument, mainly of the 15th to 17th centuries, made of wood or ivory, with a conical bore, finger holes, and usually a detachable mouthpiece. Cf. cornet n.1 I.1(b).
    1. 1776
      Luscinius next exhibits the forms of four other wind instruments, namely, 1. the Ruspfeiff. 2. The Krumhorn. 3. The Gemsen horn. And 4. the Zincke.
      J. Hawkins, General History Music vol. II. iv. iv. 452
    2. 1894
      They had to sound the zinke at every hour, blow a signal on the horn, to warn the citizens of an enemy's approach, and raise the alarm in case of fire.
      J. A. Kappey, Military Music i. 14
    3. 1917
      A zinka (wind instrument) of the 17th century, made of ivory with ornamental mountings.
      Museums Journal vol. 16 239
    4. 1983
      These are the Zinke or cornetti, wooden instruments covered with leather, but blown with a mouthpiece.
      N. Del Mar, Anat. of Orchestra (new edition) 336

zinke, n. was revised in March 2021.

zinke, n. was last modified in September 2024.