This is the first post I read of Jon Van Wie’s.  This was on one of the google forums back in the late 90′s.  I never heard of the guy or his work but reading this post you can sense the love, passion and focus he had for his work.  Soon after this I sent him a few mouthpieces to reface for me.  My main gigging tenor piece is a piece that he worked on.  The JVW Link STM 8. He put a baffle in it just like he talks about in this letter he wrote.  Another mouthpiece that I still have is my Early Babbitt HR Link that he worked on.  I’ll never forget when he called me up one night all excited about that HR Link and how well it played. He just kept talking on and on about it he was so excited.  Jon has since passed away and many sax players miss him dearly. I just found this post  and wanted to share it with all of you.  I was just sitting here reading it again and found myself getting emotional just from the passion of his words about working with mouthpieces.  Jon was a true craftsman and I miss him.