Flue pipe

Flue pipe
Flue pipe Flue pipe (Music) A pipe, esp. an organ pipe, whose tone is produced by the impinging of a current of air upon an edge, or lip, causing a wave motion in the air within; a mouth pipe; -- distinguished from {reed pipe}. Flue pipes are either open or closed (stopped at the distant end). The flute and flageolet are open pipes; a bottle acts as a closed pipe when one blows across the neck. The organ has both open and closed flue pipes, those of metal being usually round in section, and those of wood triangular or square. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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  • flue pipe — an organ pipe having a flue. [1850 55] * * * …   Universalium

  • flue pipe — noun Date: 1852 an organ pipe whose tone is produced by an air current striking the lip and causing the air within to vibrate compare reed pipe …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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