Pleasant to hear they are and so were named, viola d'amore, oboe d'amore and Flauto d'Amore. In the latter case it is a flute that - sounds like a third lower than the conventional instrument - similar to the oboe d'amore. The experimental sound sense Telemann, Graupner and Vivaldi gave this, for us today exotic instruments with a grateful solo and group concerts, of which imagine Marcel Ponseele and Il Gardellino us some of the most beautiful.