Very sad news. My wife and I always enjoyed chatting with the Gournets at shoots and conventions. He was always pleasant and interesting and knew a lot about practical gunsmithing. I needed new mainsprings for my wife's 20 ga Ideal and he insisted on giving me the springs from his personal gun and would take no money. He said he would replace his on his next trip to France. He has done wonderful work restoring the engraving on several projects and no job was too small for his attention.