An archaic or alternative term for a hautboy or a high-pitched woodwind instrument from medieval or Renaissance times.
Possibly derived from Old French, combining haut (high) with a diminutive or variant suffix, though the exact origin is uncertain and the word appears rarely in historical texts.
This word is so obscure that even music historians debate whether it's truly a separate instrument or just a regional name for the hautboy—it's a linguistic ghost of an earlier era!
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