He raises the hollowed block of wood to his lips, draws a breath and then exhales. An F-sharp hovers in the morning air and then vanishes. It’s called “first breath,” Kent Bush says. Many flutes come ...

When Nella Silverspear's hands pick up one of her handcrafted flutes, a peaceful energy seemingly courses through her. She purses her lips, places them on the end of the pentatonic scale (five-holed) ...

Mike-El unwrapped a 12-inch-tall, clear crystal and set it gently on the coffee shop table. Meditating with crystals and owl feathers, he said, is how he found his first wooden flute. And making those ...

A Jacksonville high school senior made a flute from the wood salvaged from a tree that was downed during Hurricane Irma. Will Skinner, a senior at Bolles, made the flute as part of a school project.