Although other nations have produced excellent flutes, it cannot be denied that France was the birthplace of the modern Boehm flute, a German invention brought to fame by numerous French craftsmen who created true works of art, today rightly shrouded in a more than justified myth. Names such as Louis Lot, Clair Godfroy, and Auguste Bonneville crafted splendid wood and metal instruments that are today the dream of musicians and collectors.