Klarinet Archive - Posting 000410.txt from 1997/10

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.com>
Subj: Re: clarinets stolen in N.Y.
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 01:51:08 -0400

David B. Niethamer wrote:
> >I haven't found any reference in the archives to a registry for
> >stolen clarinets, nor to a policy on announcements about them
> >on this list, so I'll post this and see what happens.
> The FLUTE list has a stolen flutes registry. It has actually reported
> some recovered instruments. I wonder (Mark?) whether we could do the same?

I'm a bit reluctant to put a registry on sneezy. There was a stolen
guitars list a long time back (and as you can imagine it was very
long). It was used more than once as a means of "getting back" at
people - an enemy's guitar was listed as stolen when in fact it
wasn't. Police get involved.

I'm not sure if a false report can get me in trouble if I list
it. I don't want to find out. Checking every report would involve
more time than I can devote to it.

If someone wants to volunteer to check out the reports then I may
consider putting a list of stolen instruments up.
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