Flute-like in shape and made of fine Czech crystal, they were designed to minimize the loss of carbonation during pouring, or at least that's how I understand it.

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The tower, on East 22nd St. between Broadway and Park Avenue South, would be only 50 feet wide at the base but would expand like a slender champagne flute and be wider at the top, a rendering reviewed by The Wall Street Journal shows.

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Didn't he play the flute or something like that?

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It's not an issue among professional musicians, he says, and men occupy first flute roles in leading orchestras like the New York Philharmonic.

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The saxophone is so flexible in its sound, it can sound like an oboe, a bassoon, a French horn, a flute.

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