Wilfred wimpered: Thinking them to be totally usless, the engineer put the mandrels in a lathe, smoothed them down to an even taper, and used them for some type of project. Thus the French Besson sound was lost to the world. Now, is this the same Army Engineer who designed the levees around New Orleans and I want you to also have the knowings and informations that the International Besson Society (IBS) voted unanimously at their first meeting to drop the prefix "French" from the name Besson and that is the real reason they were lost to the world. Kindestest of Greetonings and Mostestest of Whateverifications,
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