I’m surprised Glauber hasn’t posted this already as I got the very sad email from him earlier this morning.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2929626a1860,00.html
Also check their website www.lunasa.ie under news.
Totally awful…
This was terrible alright. I hope everyone in the market for a wooden flute looks out.
I’m shocked, don’t know what I would do if that happened to me
Amar beat him to it – it was posted on the whistle board at about 3:00 this morning, Glauber’s time
But… anyone want to trade an Olwell for a Grinter low F? 
Seriously now, what kind of moron would do that?
I bet it was someone who didn’t even know what he was stealing.
Well, no regrets for posting it over here as well, the more ppl that know, the greater the chance for its return. I also harbor the hope that the thief was simply after money & if he learns of the sentimental value of the flute, it shall be returned, even anonymously. A similar thing happened to Michael Tubridy during one of those early Chieftain gigs… it just reduces your faith in humanity… I like the idea of taking up a collection for a new one, but what about a ransom or reward? It just makes you so sad… 
Out of curiosity . . .
I notice that the NZ article on the theft quotes Crawford as saying, “I had it on order for four years and I only collected it last week. . . It is the only one of its kind and it’s the first one he has made.”
What’s special about it? (And I mean other than being what appears to be an 8-key blackwood Grinter with a split (Rudall-ish?) body.)
Maybe there’s another thread about it, but I just don’t recall anyone mentioning anything about it.
Stuart
It was in C, right (not Bb)? Maybe that explains why it took 4 years too? Surely guys at that level don’t have to wait in line like us?
g
i had just swapped emails with m. grinter last week. this was a new model of flute made by him for kevin, a slight departure from his regular r&r model. i believe it had interchangeable bodies (D/C). kevin had just picked it up from him on lunasa’s tour of aussieland. what a shame it got stolen.
kevin and mike have been working on this design for some time.
a great reason for insurance!
Make sure…always…that your flutes are indeed insured!
All of mine are…under separate riders on my homeowner’s policy.
Cost: for the new boxwood Rudall recently acquired…$12/year
seems worth it to me!
dm
Good advice indeed David!
Now, what was your address again?
Loren
But be careful, because some homeowners’ riders are void if you take a paying gig.
Lord knows how they’d find out, though.
Anyone around here have any of those professional policies? I think there are a couple of firms in the US that offer super-duper all-around coverage . . . and the name(s) escape(s) me now.
Stuart
Hey Dave, didn’t you once say all things Rudall find their way home eventually? I’m paraphrasing terribly, but what do you think the chances are of this flute being recovered?
That makes me sick that some kind of an A** hole would do that. I mean music is my life and if someone stole one of my instruments I would hunt them down and kill them 
well maybe not it depends on what instrument they stole. 
I know you can get some kind of coverage with the NFA - National Flute Association. I haven’t really had many (financially) valuable instruments, but i think they’re beginning to add up to something that i should think about insuring.
Any insurance company will get the police case number, which contains the details of the theft, so there’s no way they would not know you were playing professionally, and that the theft occurred not in your home, but at a professional venue. You would not be covered under a home policy.
Professional musicians get ripped off all the time, or claim to, so the insurance policies for them are not cheap (high risk). I guess you have to find a balance if you’re playing professionally, to determine whether your instruments really have enough value to justify the higher rates.
djm
Here’s the link for the insurance available to members of the NFA by Clarion:
http://www.nfaonline.org/resInsurance.asp
It looks pretty good to me, has anyone here had bad experiences with them?
(Note: somebody just emailed me and let me know that Clarion now has a higher deductible ($1000) for instruments stolen from the stage, or you can pay a higher premium and keep a low deductible. I’ll get in touch with them and get the details, eventually…)
Clarion! That’s the name, now I remember.
Also, right, DJM, that would be the easy way for them to find out about the theft. DOH!
I have thought about contacting Clarion to ask them about insurance. I just have no idea what it would cost, and the last time I tried (which was several months ago) their online system didn’t work to request a quote, and I was too lazy to call, blah blah blah. As it stands right now, I only carry riders for two instruments (the Rudall and an 18th-cen. set of pipes), but I probably should get the lot of them covered.
I wonder if they’d discount more than one instrument. Heh heh heh. 
Stuart
Are you a member of the NFA, Stuart? (It’s kinda of like an NRA for flutes 
). It may be worth it getting a membership for the isurance rates. The insurance is not just for flutes, but any instruments.
Hey Dave, didn’t you once say all things Rudall find their way home eventually? I’m paraphrasing terribly, but what do you think the chances are of this flute being recovered?<<
I was actually referencing “home” as the Rudall/Rose Catalogue. Sooner or later, they come home to be listed.
Anyway…twisting the phrase some…I would think the chances are excellent…if there are some distinguishing marks or identifiers.
Plus…it’s New Zealand. Not like it’s not a huge country.
Then again…Molloy’s stolen Olwell has yet to be recovered, hasn’t it?
I would think with everyone on the lookout, such a sale would have to be quite surreptitious. And wouldn’t you fear playing it out?
Should be good news on the horizon for Kevin, I trust.
…
regarding insurance, I asked my agent/carrier about paying gigs and such…not a problem as long as it’s not my profession full time (which it is not).
So, my policy covers theft even if it is a paying gig.
Where insurance gets weird is the documentation needed to value the instrument. For newly-made flutes, not so tough. For vintage flutes, much more difficult.
dm