Hi there everyone,

Last night, 2 of my melodeons were stolen from the car in Oxford, - a lesson to be learnt by all here! No matter how late you get back from a gig ... no matter how tired or busy you are GET THEM INDOORS!

Anyway here are the details. If anyone is offered these instruments please get in touch through the John Spiers & Jon Boden website or phone the police, the crime reference number is BM9101120/04.

1) Oakwood Model 7 in D/G - Light maple/sycamore wood finish with black/red bellows and white diamond motif on bellows. 21 black treble buttons, 8 black bass buttons. 2 bass stops and a coupler behind the fingerboard. Velcro stuck on both sides to attach mics to. This is a very rare model and quite distinctive - it was in a hard black case with red piping and Saltarelle written on the front and the case was lined with a fake leopard-skin material.

2) Saltarelle Irish Bouebe in C/F - light cherry wood, 23 treble/8 bass buttons (white) One bass stop. Again velcro on both sides - this one was in a maroon/black rucksack. Quite unusual in this key.

3) An aluminium flight case (small - about the size of a lunchbox) containing 3 x AKG c416 gooseneck microphones, 1 x Audio Technica ATM87R boundary (flat) microphone and some spare velcro.

Thanks for reading.

Squeezy