Ressikan flute

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A Ressikan flute was a small woodwind musical instrument, native to the village of Ressik on the planet Kataan.

A Ressikan flute belonging to a man named Kamin was included aboard a probe encountered by the USS Enterprise-D in 2368, along with Kamin's life memories. Through the probe, Captain Jean-Luc Picard experienced the life of Kamin and of his endangered world, and during this experience, taught himself to play the flute. He retained this talent even after the probe ended its transfer. (TNG episode: "The Inner Light")

Picard thereafter considered the flute one of his most prized possessions, and continued to play it regularly. (TNG episodes: "Lessons", "A Fistful of Datas") His playing was a key element of the bond between himself and Lieutenant Commander Nella Daren. (TNG episode: "Lessons")

As of 2379, the flute was kept on Picard's ready room desk. (TNG movie: Star Trek Nemesis)

The flute was destroyed during a Hirogen attack as the Enterprise scouted subspace tunnels emanating from the Azure Nebula; relay overloads on Deck 1 had caught the ready room and its possessions on fire. (TNG novel: Losing the Peace)

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