Flute

Flutes were common and portable musical instruments. They were often favored by bards.

Availability

 * Black Dugal's Music Shoppe in the city of Ravens Bluff was known to sell flutes.
 * Several members of the Waterdhavian noble house Majarra produced instruments, including flutes and longhorns.

Varieties

 * Birdpipes
 * Fipple pipe, a variety of flute found in the kingdom of Hartsvale. It was held vertically and played by blowing into its end.
 * Longhorn
 * Songhorn

Notable Flutes

 * Fife of blasting, enchanted flutes that produced an effect similar to sound burst.
 * The Merry Shorthorn, a renowned enchanted flute.
 * Ruehar's flute, a magical silver flute that belonged to the wood elf wizard Ruehar and passed on to his descendants.
 * Sorlyn's Ditty, an enchanted flute that was created for Sorlyn Sheerla.

Individuals

 * The drow wizard Dostrealt carried a flute and a piccolo.
 * Sorlyn Sheerla, a cleric of the Faerûnian deity of song, Milil.
 * Taran Goldenstar, a wizard in Freedale, often played a flute outside him home.

Nations, Regions, & Settlements

 * Flutes made from reeds were a common instrument on the Malatran Plateau.

Races & Sentient Creatures

 * Banshrae, a dangerous and musically inclined race of fey, always carried a masterwork flute that doubled as a blowgun.

Religions

 * It was common for clerics of Eilistraee to be proficient with flutes, as well as harps and horns.