Be SURE to heed Kendall's warning. I had my instruments stolen one time and the police managed to catch the culprit. I provided a list of my instruments (without serial numbers) and when I appeared in court to identify they I was asked "wouldn't it be possible for someone else to have the same group of instruments." Luckly there were a few marks that I told them about and where they were located on the instruments. Otherwise the bugger may have gotten away everything. It can be quite difficult to prove that you are the rightful owner without the serial numbers.

Cap't Bob