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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000039.txt from 2005/06

From: Juliet Hamak Barrera <juliet@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: Stolen bassoon--Fox 201
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 22:48:44 -0400

The poster we put out emphasized the "no questions asked" and
"reward"...which by the way was $50. It took about 10 days to get my
bassoon back.
Interestingly, the posters were only torn down in one place...the exact
spot on the street the bassoon was taken from.
I also checked in person with several pawn shops and a local music store
that buys and sells used instruments.
Apparently, pawn shops in SF must declare serial numbers on all
instruments brought in to the police to check for them being stolen. So
perhaps that is one reason it is hard to unload a bassoon in SF. The
music store made no claims about police checks, but they also seemed a
lot more genuinely concerned about a stolen bassoon.
I count myself very lucky for getting my bassoon and gig bag back, and a
lot wiser now...at least about watching out for my bassoon.

Juliet

Lawrence Rhodes wrote:
> What worked here in San Francisco was posters with discription and
> reward. No questions asked. What can you lose but some time. Bassoon's
> are very hard to hock. Lawrence Rhodes......

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