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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000040.txt from 2005/06

From: "Miriam Williams" <mwquacker@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: Stolen bassoon--Fox 201
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 16:50:55 -0400

Congratulations on recovering your instrument!

I just got back from IDRS conf. and was able to carry my oboe in my backpack
most of the time. I just wonder if some opportunistic person with knowledge
about expensive instruments prowls places like that, waiting for some
student to set their case down for a moment at a display. It's amazing the
dollar amount of instruments and stuff contained in just 2 vendor rooms!
Hope I'm not giving anyone ideas who might be lurking!

Miriam

----- Original Message -----
From: "Juliet Hamak Barrera" <juliet@-----.org>
To: <doublereed@-----.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: [DR-L] Re: Stolen bassoon--Fox 201

> 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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