Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2018-10-08 00:00
Robert,
I, too, am saddened at your loss and I sincerely hope that you will be able to recover at least some of what you lost.
IMHO, all of the advice you have received from the above responders are absolutely "spot on".
I also look upon your posting as a kind of "warning" to all musicians who have instruments of high financial value. To those who fall into this category, may I suggest the following: Although this is usually for insurance purposes, but, do you have pictures of your instruments especially showing the serial numbers? If not, how can you claim something was stolen from you if you have no proof that it truly is yours? Are your expensive instruments "insured"? Is your home securely alarmed? Are your instruments appropriately "secured" under lock and key or some other method? If you are going away for a rather extended period of time, would it not be better to leave your valuable instruments some other place which you deem to be more secure than your home? Some people may not know this, but it is not an uncommon practice to notify your local police department that you are going away for a specified period of time. I have read that some police departments will send a cruiser down your street more often to give a "quick look over" a person's home if they have been notified.
Robert, may I offer you some advice from an old man of 71? Life indeed goes on. When my rented house burnt to the ground around 40 years ago, I thought it was "the end of my world" because I had no renters insurance. Today, I live in my own home which is much better than the one that I rented so long ago.
Yes, it does hurt to be violated in the manner that you were. It is not "unmanly" to shed tears if you feel the need to do so. I have shed many a tear with all that I've been through in my life. I have found it to be a very effective way to release whatever pain I may have been feeling at the time. This is a natural response found in babies that somehow, someway, gets lost as a person grows older.
I wish you well.
Please keep all of us informed.
Post Edited (2018-10-08 02:57)
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