The sound is beautiful and haunting. It recalls ancient times when music wasn't amplified and floating out of 10,000 electronic devices, from cellphones to toasters. It is the music of handmade flutes ...

KOCHI: It took Pramod Chandramohan five years to master the art of flute making. Before that, he used to play the flutes he bought from festival markets. When Pramod started out, he didn’t even know ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — There was a time when Bryan Akipa knew nothing of flutes. But that was long ago, before the budding artist stumbled across a wooden mallard-head flute in the studio of his ...

The flute is one of the more overlooked instruments in jazz, but it’s been making an impact on improvised music for more than 50 years. Let 10 experts take you on a guided tour. By Giovanni Russonello ...

When a hobby turns into a profession, a professional expects to be able to find the superior tools of the trade, and if they are not up to the mark, he could complain, despair or look for more ...

Chris Raven enjoyed woodwork and music as a boy but ended up working in a very different field. He finally united his two passions after retirement, with a career as a specialist flute maker It’s ...

Craftspeople tune bamboo flutes during a bamboo flute making contest held at Zijing Village of Zhongtai Subdistrict in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 18, 2019. More than 30 ...

In the village of Sreemoddi under Cumilla's Homna upazila, the melodious craft of bamboo flute-making has quietly persisted for generations. Around 40 families are engaged in this time-honoured ...