Meaning of "flutina" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF FLUTINA

flutina  [fluːˈtiːnə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLUTINA

Flutina is a noun.

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WHAT DOES FLUTINA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Flutina

The flutina is an early precursor to the diatonic button accordion, having one or two rows of treble buttons, which are configured to have the tonic of the scale, on the "draw" of the bellows. There is usually no bass keyboard: the left hand operates an air valve (silent except for the rush of air). A rocker switch, called a "bascule d'harmonie" is in the front of the keyboard. When this switch is thumb activated, it would open up a pallet (a pad that covers a tone hole, at the other end of the key button(s), (see photo) for a simple Tonic/Dominant drone: Tonic on the draw and Dominant on the press, e.g. Tonic notes C/g, and Dominant G/d, without any major or minor thirds. Many of these "Flutina" accordions were imported into the United States and were common photographers' studio props. This imparted a touch of "culture" to the sitter, hence the many tintype, ambrotype, etc. images of men and women, with their hands poised over "Flutinas", which they may (or may not) have actually played. Many of the images date from the 1850s through the American Civil War period (1861–1865).

Definition of flutina in the English dictionary

The definition of flutina in the dictionary is an early type of accordion, similar in internal construction to a concertina.

TRANSLATION OF FLUTINA

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLUTINA»

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The children at play

ACCORDION AND FLUTINA TUTOR; a new and greatly improved Instruction Book : containing a concise Series of Lessons in Music, with Instructions, Scales, and a variety of Popular Airs, accurately marked and figured throughout. Price 6d.

Children, 1878

Elijah the prophet

Pocket Guide to the A^t of Playing the Accordion and Flutina ; containing a course of Lessons on Music, complete Instructions and Scales, and a Selection of Tunes, Sacred and Secular, carefully marked and figured throughout, and arranged ...

William Mackergo Taylor, Elijah (the prophet.), 1878

Nan; the new fashioned girl

ACCORDION PRECEPTOR, or the Pocket Guide to the Art of Playing the Accordion and Flutina; containing a course of Lessons on Music, complete Instructions and Scales, and a Selection of Tunes, Sacred and Secular, carefully marked and ...

Sarah Catherine Fraley Hallowell, 1877

The model life, and other discourses

ACCORDION PRECEPTOR, or the Pocket Guide to the Art of Playing the Accordion and Flutina ; containing a course of Lessons on Music, complete Instructions and Scales, and a Selections of Tunes, Sacred and Secular, carefully marked ...

Alexander Wallace, 1879

Good-for-nothing Polly

ACCORDION PRECEPTOR, or the Pocket Guide to the Art of Playing the Accordion and Flutina ; containing a course of Lesson* on Music, complete Instructions and Scales, and a Selection of Tunes, Sacred and Secular, carefully marked and ...

Ella Farman, 1877

The pulpit by the hearth

ACCORDION PRECEPTOR, or the Pocket Guide to the Art of Playing the Accordion and Flutina ; containing a course of Lessons on Music, complete Instructions and Scales, and a Selections of Tunes, Sacred and Secular, carefully marked ...

Arthur Mursell, 1878

The Wadsworth boys: or, Agnes' decision

ACCORDION PRECEPTOR, or the Pocket Guide to the' Art of Playing the Accordion and Flutina ; containing a course of Lessons on Music, complete Instructions and Scales, and a Selection of Tunes,. Sacred and Secular, carefully marked ...

D S. Erickson, 1877

The clouds of the Bible

ACCORDION PRECEPTOR, or the Pocket Guide to the Art of Playing the Accordion and Flutina; containing a course of Lessons on Music, complete Instructions and Scales, and a Selection of Tunes, Sacred and Secular, carefully marked and ...

Alexander Wallace, 1878

Heroes of faith as delineated in Hebrews

ACCORDION PRECEPTOR, or the Pocket Guide to the Art of Playing the Accordion and Flutina ; containing a course of Lessons on Music, complete Instructions and Scales, and a Selection of Tunes, Sacred and Secular, carefully marked and ...

John Guthrie, 1878

Hindu thought: a short account of the religious books of ...

FOR THE ACCORDION AND FLUTINA. ACCORDION PRECEPTOR, or the Pocket Guide to the Art of Playing the Accordion and Flutina; containing a course of Lessons on Music, complete Instructions and Scales, and a Selection of Tunes,  ...

William Arthur Leonard, 1875

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLUTINA»

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Syntheway Presents Harmodion VSTi Software, A Drawbar Organ …

... Syntheway Presents Harmodion VSTi a Drawbar organ, Reed Organ, Harmonium, Accordion, Bandoneon, Harmonica and Flutina emulation ... «PRLog.Org, Jan 11»

Our Heritage - The accordion and the bamboo saxophone

Today, we bring you two of the prized collections of the museum - the accordion and the bamboo saxophone. The accordion, also called flutina, ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Oct 10»