Alto flute Alto flute The alto flute is a type of Western concert flute, a musical instrument in the woodwind family. It is the next extension downward of the C flute after the flûte d'amour. It is characterized by its distinct, mellow tone in the lower portion of its range. It is a transposing instrument in G and, like the piccolo and bass flute, uses the same fingerings as the C flute. The tube of the alto flute is considerably thicker and longer than a C flute and requires more breath from the player. This gives it a greater dynamic presence in
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