Passing was not something I was aware of. Bear and I worked back and forth for a number of weeks trying to figure out the one handed f mezzo he had in his inventory. So much that he mentioned me and thanked me for my input directly on his website. Now probably a permanent record in the scheme of all of our Saxual Pleasures, as Barry liked to call it. Who it may have been developed for, etc. I was blessed enough to be so liked by him that he shared a number of his restoration secrets with me. Loosening locked in screws to avoid the inevitable popping off a post to releave the screw, moving metal, soldering at low temps to keep laquer intact, secrets of a good heat gun. I was blessed to know a man I never met in person. The last email I had sent him went unanswered. He thought highly of you Mark and mentioned you and your spouse on more than one occasion. I didn't mean for this to turn into some sort of Memorial for Barry "Bear" Wilson, but it is more than well deserved.....