Members of the western concert flute family Members of the western concert flute family The western concert flute family has a wide range of instruments. The piccolo is the highest-pitched member of the flute family, with a range an octave above that of the concert flute. It is usually the highest-pitched instrument within orchestras and bands. The piccolo has a stereotype for being difficult to play in tune; its small size makes it difficult to construct an evenly tuned scale. The treble flute is pitched in the key of G, a fifth above the concert flute. The instrument is rare today, only occasionally found in flute choirs
The Bone Flute did not allow the story to be included on that year's Nebula Awards anthology compiling the nominated and winning short stories. It has only been reprinted twice in the original language: on Tuttle's anthology of science fiction stories "A Spaceship Built of Stone and Other Stories", and a 1995 various authors anthology titled "Lost In Space". A Danish translation (entitled "Benfløjten") was published in "Forum Fabulatorum" () no. 2, March 1983. In 2011, the story was reissued as an ebook, with a specially-written afterword by Tuttle regarding the Nebula awards situation. The Bone Flute "The Bone Flute" is a science