flûte d'amourn.
/fluːt daˈmɔː/ An old form of flute with a pitch a third below that of the flute in D.
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1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 173/2 Flûte d'amour, a low-toned flute, an A flute, sounding a minor third below the notes actually written. It is now obsolete.
1961 J. A. MacGillivray in A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages x. 249 The..flûte d'amour in A seems to have been used mainly for variety in flute recitals.
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