Hope your friends gets his instruments back. Thanks to all of my FB friends for keeping their eyes and ears open on my behalf!ĭon't leave things in your car that you won't mind losing, hard lesson to learn and one I've learned the hard way. I have attached photos of the type of backpack, case and color scheme.
Obviously if you are approached to purchase these, I plead with you to pay what you need to pay and I’ll buy them from you. I guess the main lesson to be learned is to not leave your clarinets unattended even for 5 minutes. If pawned, I feel quite comfortable that I will get them back one day. It was a 20 year pursuit to find the sound that I had been seeking including two Charles Chedeville Mouthpieces, two gold Momotake ligatures, an actual Jacobi Bb barrel, a fantastic Moennig A barrel made great by none other than Mark Jacobi, the best Buffet R13 A clarinet (ser #583110) I have ever played, and my brand new R13 Prestige Bb (ser #716528) all wrapped up in a Buffet Legende double pouchette case and in a Tumi backpack. " I have the ultimate violation today when my Clarinets were stolen out of my car. Exceedingly large reward will be provided for the actual instruments by both the owner and his orchestra. If you have ANY information, and ANYWHERE across the country as these will be highly valuable, I will gladly put you in touch with the original owner. This may seem very insignificant for some, but the victim is a lifelong mentor and friend of mine, one of the nation's top Orchestral Clarinetists who has played in Pittsburgh, New York, Denver, and Houston Symphonies, and who's iconic sound has been a life's journey of trials and mistakes, only to find the two instruments that matched his playing and internal sound goals after over 20 years of testing.