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The modern silver flute is valued for its bright tone and technical versatility.
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An early relative of the flute, panpipes produce sound by blowing across the tops...
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The piccolo, the smallest and highest-pitched member of the flute family, is capable...
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(centre)bass flute in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Indonesian duct flute, bamboo; in the Horniman Museum, London.
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Flute, slip-painted ceramic, Nopiloa, southern Veracruz, Mexico, 300–500 ce;...
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Some of the wind instruments of the Western orchestra (left to right, top to bottom):...
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