Stolen Acoustic Instruments In Berkeley (Calif.)

Subject: RE: Stolen Instruments update: happy-ish ending
From: ClaireBear
Date: 25 Apr 11 - 12:05 AM

A friend just posted this happy-ish update on Facebook:

For those friends who re-posted the note from Ed regarding his stolen instruments, he just posted this today: A HAPPY ENDING (almost)!

"I got a call today from a man who had bought four of my instruments. He offered to return them if I didn't involve the police. His girlfriend saw the Internet posting and persuaded him to call me. I got the Dobro, banjo, mandolin and bass back (the dulcimer is still missing.)"

Subject: RE: Stolen Acoustic Instruments In Berkeley
From: Don Firth
Date: 23 Apr 11 - 02:21 PM

There was ample reason that, in the Old West, horse thieves were summarily hanged. If you stole a man's horse, more often than not, you had stolen his means of livelihood.

The same holds true with the theft of a musical instrument.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Stolen Acoustic Instruments In Berkeley (Calif.)
From: katlaughing
Date: 23 Apr 11 - 02:16 PM

Good luck!

Subject: RE: Stolen Acoustic Instruments In Berkeley
From: open mike
Date: 23 Apr 11 - 01:54 PM

I see you have posted this on the Northern CA Bluegrass Stolen & Missing Instrument page. Good Luck ! Here is the http://pub42.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=3546460141&frmid=308&msgid=0 for anyone who needs it..

Subject: RE: Stolen Acoustic Instruments In Berkeley
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 23 Apr 11 - 12:37 AM

Oh, dear. Keep your eyes on eBay. Will post on Facebook. I don't have a lot of FB Friends, but some are folk performers who may share my post.

Subject: Stolen Acoustic Instruments In Berkeley
From: GUEST,Ed Sherry
Date: 22 Apr 11 - 11:42 PM

The following instruments were stolen from my home in Berkeley on Tuesday, 4/19/2011:

(a) Gibson F-2 mandolin, sunburst finish, 3-point design, no pickguard, ca.1919-20; no case; S/N on label inside, but faded and largely illegible; best estimate is 528XX;

(b) Taylor AB-3 acoustic bass guitar, very large body, round soundhole set on lower bout, spruce top, flamed maple back and sides, tapered body depth; black access plate on side; with Taylor leather strap; no case; S/N not recorded;

c) Bacon & Day "Silver Bell #1" tenor [four string] banjo, ca. 1924, 17-fret neck, metal flange, wooden resonator, inlays on fretboard, Oettlinger tailpiece, B&D metal plate on back of resonator; "Katrina survivor" label inside; S/N 11468 on dowel stick and rim; in high-quality Glen Cronkite dark brown leather gig bag;

d) Beard "Mike Auldridge" resophonic guitar (dobro), Model MA-6, 6 strings, black gloss finish, metal resonator cover, square neck, fancy inlays in fingerboard, with leather strap; no case; S/N MA6-135;

(e) Appalachian dulcimer, Capritaurus/Folk Roots/Rugg & Jaeckel, hourglass shape, four strings in three groups, scroll headstock, metal tuners, spruce top, mahogany (?) back and sides; no case; S/N not recorded;

Police Report filed: Berkeley PD Case Number 11-21576

Substantial no-questions-asked REWARD ($100-500 each, depending on instrument) for any information leading to the recovery of some or all of these instruments.

Call Ed Sherry at 510-851-0769 anytime. Or e-mail [e-mail]

Large color photos available.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. And please spread the word!