Quintflöte

Definition of the German term Quintflöte in music:

  1. organ flute mutation stop usually of 2⅔' or 1⅓' pitch sounding a twelfth (one octave plus a perfect fifth) or a nineteenth (two octaves plus a perfect fifth) above the note played (equivalent to "Quint Flute" or "Flute Quint" in English and "Quinte-Flûte" in French)
Language
German
Singular
Quintflöte
Plural
Quintflöten

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