"Flautist, not flutist" -- I thought that, too, so I looked it up: "
Flutist or Flautist – Which is Correct?. This site claims that "flutist" has been around 250 years longer than "flautist" and that the English wanted a distinctly British word so they added the "a." "Flautist" IS mainly used by the Brits. Kind of like "aluminium" (but at least the Brit version makes sense when you consider other metals like sodium, titanium, and potassium).
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