It’s a medieval torture device that was used – once upon a more primitive time – for publicly shaming bad musicians and other disturbers of the peace. The contraption, which is essentially a heavy ...

Flautist Claire Mann and vocalist Robyn Stapleton perform Burns' "Willie Brewed a Peck O Maut" It's been on display in a family museum since the 1930s. But this rare boxwood flute hasn't been played ...

The Twitterverse works in mysterious ways—and earlier this week, it brought together superstar Lizzo and the Library of Congress to showcase a 200-year-old flute, which the artist played to a packed ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Joana Mallwitz is in calm, stylish command making her debut with Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro,” running in repertory with “The ...

Playing the flute isn't easy even for some humans, but in the 18th century, inventor Jacques de Vaucanson figured out how to make a machine play it. Petar Milošević/Wikimedia Commons Inventor and ...