zufolohttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zufolo_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezufolo, n.
First published 1986; not fully revised

zufolonoun

Music.
  1. 1724–
    A flageolet, a small flute or whistle (see quots.).
    1. 1724
      Zufolo, a Bird Pipe or Small Flagelet.
      Short Explication of Foreign Words Musick Books
    2. 1740
      Zuffolo, a little Flute or Flageolet.
      J. Grassineau, translation of S. De Brossard, Musical Dictionary 343
    3. 1786
      Zuffolo, any little flute or flageolet: but more especially that which is used to teach birds.
      T. Busby, Complete Dictionary of Music
    4. 1876
      Zufolo.., a flageolet or whistle.
      J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett, Dictionary of Musical Terms 456/1
    5. 1954
      There..is no reason for concluding..that Keiser's zuffolo was a small shawm.
      Grove's Dictionary Music (ed. 5) vol. IX. 427/2
    6. 1960
      A young blind Sardinian shepherd, Angelo Picchi appeared in..London (1856), playing on a small pipe (Zuffolo) which was named after him, Picco Pipe.
      L. G. Langwill, Index Wind-instrument Makers 90
    7. 1976
      Leonardo clearly envisaged the possibility of a keyed trumpet and a keyed zufolo or pipe.
      D. Munrow, Instruments of Middle Ages & Renaissance vi. 58/1

zufolo, n. was first published in 1986; not fully revised.

zufolo, n. was last modified in December 2024.