octave flute vs piccolo

octave flute

• A flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher. 

• A flute stop in an organ pitched an octave higher than the standard pitch. 

piccolo

• A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher. 

• A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 litres of fluid, one quarter the volume of a standard bottle. 

• A coin-operated gramophone; a jukebox. 

• A waiter’s assistant in a hotel or restaurant. 

• An organ stop with the tone of a piccolo flute. 

• Designating the highest-pitched or smallest of a family of musical instruments.