See also:

• EUNUCH (Gr. Evvoi3Xos)

EUNUCH See also:

• FLUTE

FLUTE  , or OMoN See also:

• FLUTE

FLUTE (Fr. fliite eunuque, fluste a l'See also:

• ONION (Fr. oignon, Lat. unio, liberally unity, oneness, applied to a large pearl and to a species of onion)

onion, mirliton; Ger . Zwiebelfldte), a See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument in use during the 16th and 17th centuries, producing See also:

• MUSIC

music akin to the See also:

• COMB (a word common in various forms to Teut. languages, cf. Ger. Kamm, the Indo-Europ. origin of which is seen in yoµros, a peg or pin, and Sanskrit, gambhas, a tooth)

comb-music of the nursery, and still manufactured as a See also:

• TOY
• TOY, CRAWFORD HOWELL (1836– )

toy (mirliton) . The onion flute consists of a wooden See also:

• TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube widening out slightly to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

bell . The upper end of the tube is closed by means of a very See also:

• FINE

fine membrane similar to an onion skin stretched across the See also:

• APERTURE (from Lat. aperire, to open)

aperture like the vellum of a See also:

• DRUM (early forms drome or dromme, a word common to many Teut. languages, cf. Dan. tromme, Ger. Trommel: the word is ultimately the same as " trumpet," and is probably onomatopoeic in origin; it appears late in Eng. about the middle of the 16th century)

drum . The See also:

• MOUTHPIECE (Fr. embouchure; Ger. Mundstuck; Ital. bocchino)

mouthpiece, a See also:

• SIMPLE

simple See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round hole, is pierced a couple of inches below the membrane; into this hole the performer sings, his See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice setting up vibrations in the membrane, which thus intensifies the See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound and changes its timbre to a bleating quality . A movable cap fits over the membrane to protect it . See also:

• MERSENNE, MARIN

Mersenne has given a See also:

• DRAWING

drawing of the See also:

• EUNUCH (Gr. Evvoi3Xos)

eunuch flute together with a description; he states that the vibrations of the membrane improve the sound of the voice, and by reflecting it, give it an added See also:

• CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

charm . There were concerts of these flutes in four or five parts in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, adds Mersenne, and they ha.d the See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage over other kinds of reproducing more nearly the sound of the voice .