This smallest member of the flute family sounds an octave higher than an ordinary flute
... "To me it sounds like a cross between a clarinet, a flute, and a piccolo," he ... 
the smallest member of the flute family, lying an octave above that of the flute See
... [DOC] [TLE] piccolo | musical instrument | Britannica.com [PAR] Italian small flute highest-pitched woodwind instrument of orchestras and 
military bands.