REGISTRY of LOST and/or STOLEN INSTRUMENTS
Updated as of June 13, 2008

     This listing of lost and stolen instruments is maintained free of charge as a service to the flute playing community. Items are listed as information is received. Please be aware - postings here reflect only the information provided to us for that purpose; resolving any questions of clear title or ownership rights as regards any specific instrument is well beyond the bounds of any service Flute Network can provide, and that Flute Network accepts no liability in that regard. Contact information is provided with each listing - any and all questions or concerns about an instrument listed here should be addressed to that party. (The Flute Network does make every effort, however, to insure that all listings accurately reflect the information that is received!)

HAVE YOU HAD A THEFT or LOSS?? As is the case with any major theft, it is very worthwhile to file a Police Report of the loss as soon as it occurs. While instruments have indeed been recovered and returned to their original owners, it has nearly always been with the support of this sort - i.e., being able to document ownership and "theft" (such as with a copy of the Police Report). Now, I know from personal experience that it can sometimes be difficult to file such a thing in some places -- however, doing so may make the difference in preserving your rights should your instrument be located years from now.

HAVE YOU SEEN AN INSTRUMENT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT?? - should you have any information about any of the lost or stolen instruments listed, please feel free to contact either these people directly, or via The Flute Network. If we all keep an eye out for each other, it will help to take the profit out of crime!

HELPFUL HINT: Use the search feature on your internet browser to go through these listings if you're wanting to check out a particular flute by maker or by serial number!

Special notice of unusual stolen instrument: Viola da Gamba... the instrument is about 60 cm long, 23 cm wide and about 6 cm deep - there's a lion's head on the top of the viol. Inside is a label "Toon Moonen, Maastricht". Please email with any info to Toon Moonen at: Luc@lemmens-moonen.demon.nl, or you can FAX to: 00-31-43-351-0625, in the Netherlands.



Special notice - your help needed: Three instruments stolen at same time in Tulsa, OK in May 2008: (1) Selmer TENOR SAX, Reference 36 Model 84, with serial number: N.642283 -- (2) Selmer Mark VI ALTO saxophone, number: M.223081, in black Pro Tek case -- and (3) in the pocket of that Alto Sax case was the third instrument, ARMSTRONG Emeritus 21 C flute - closed hole - solid silver - C foot, in black plastic SKB case. Please contact Vic at victhepiper@hotmail.com, or (918)640-1362.


URGENT NEWSFLASH: ALL OF THE FOLLOWING were stolen from a store in Davis California in late June, 2007:

Yamaha YFL461HLPGP (400 series with gold lip plate option) Serial #959542

Yamaha YFL674HLPGP (600 series with gold lip plate option) Serial #021607

Haynes/Amadeus AF700BOF (700 series with Offset G) Serial #1506

Haynes/Amadeus AF800BOF (800 series with Offset G) Serial #2002

Jupiter 517S Alto Flute (Straight Headjoint) Serial #F0081

Please contact with any info: Jeff Simons, at Watermelon Muisc, 207 E Street, Davis, CA 9516. Phone: 530-758-4010. Email: heffy@watermelonmusic.com

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Now - Flutes, Piccolos, Parts there-of, etc. - In Alphabetical Order: