Author: DougR
Date: 2007-08-28 01:25
Hmm, it appears a police report is key here, in order to establish that the instrument was in fact stolen. (Duh!) Is THAT why people are reluctant to put full serial numbers in their ads on er, those auction sites? For fear someone might show up and claim the instrument as theirs? I wonder if I ever filed a police report. I was very young, and very green, so maybe not.
As a matter of fact, the horn was a Selmer MkVI alto, bought new by me in 1964, burgled from my apartment in 1968. A truly amazing-playing instrument, pristine and immaculate. I still have the faded "this instrument belongs to..." ID card that came with the horn, and every now & then I think, "hmm, what IF--"
thanks, though, everyone. Maybe I'll check the NYPD and see if they still have copies of burglary reports from back in the the Dark Ages...ya never know!
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