A flute is technically any open tube that you blow into to produce sound (even an empty bottle of Coke). The earliest usage of the word “flute” was found in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Hous of Fame (c. 1380). A flute-playing musician is called a flute player, a flutist, a flautist, a fluter, or a flutenist. The … Continue reading 20 Fun Facts About the Flute