Unique horn stolen. BOLO....

[Newell Post]

https://www.facebook.com/stephenrmaris/posts/10157080911891285

[djeffers78]

Did you file a police report?
Good luck in retrieving your horn
Hopefully these thieves get wats coming.
In today’s haroin times it will probably be sold for very little. Keep you eyes open
This is the kind of situation where I’m glad that I have friends in low places

[J. Jericho]

@Newell-Post I know that awful feeling myself. I posted your FB page on TromboneChat.com and TheMouthpiece.com .

[J. Jericho]

It occurred to me that if the thieves can't sell your horn, they might toss it in a dumpster to distance themselves from loot that is hotter than they anticipated.

[Bob Pixley]

That's terrible. It's a good reminder to not leave anything in the passenger compartment of your car in plain view, though. I always put my horns in the trunk, out of sight, and even then, I worry about them being there.

[Kehaulani]

@Bob-Pixley said in Unique horn stolen. BOLO....:

It's a good reminder to not leave anything in the passenger compartment of your car in plain view . .

I had a friend who had multiple instruments stolen from the passenger area in his car, which was always parked on the street between one of the country's main music conservatories and the train station, which all students took.

When asked if his car was broken into, he said "No", his windows were rolled down.

"What?! You wereparked on a public street which was trafficked by scores of music students with your car windows rolled down?"

His excuse?
"Yeah, man, but it was hot and I had left my horns like that for a week with no problems."

[J. Jericho]

When my Claude Gordon Benge and my tuner and all my music were stolen, along with a cooler with food, they were in the back of the car hidden under a blanket (we were traveling, and there was no room in the trunk). The thieves used a coat hanger to open the door, left the hanger on the floor of the car under the passenger seat, and relocked the car when they left.

We were among many at the police station with others who had had similar experiences, other than the part about the thieves locking the car afterward. The police said that in their experience the trumpet was probably on its way to another part of the country and that it probably wouldn't turn up locally. It has not been found, and it has been decades since the theft.

[administrator]

Terrible. In fact, I am starting a STOLEN sub-forum as we speak. Please do NOT post anything other than legitimate cases.

[flugelgirl]

I was unable to see any info on a stolen horn from that link. Could you please copy and paste info? Since my shop buys a lot of used horns i’d Like to see the details.

[Newell Post]

@flugelgirl