Workshop robbery. Please spread the word.
Well, today I actually planned to send out a newsletter to tempt you all with a mandola that was made for a chap in the USA. Sadly, due to financial problems, the chap had to cancel his order.
About an hour after I wrote the newsletter, I received a phone call from my pal Ralph Plumb - I'm subletting workshop space from Ralph at the moment, to finish off a load of instruments before moving country (yet again) later in the year. Ralph rang me to say the workshop (our workshop) had been broken into early this morning, that the Police were there and that he was on his way to pick me up to see what was missing.
Quite a lot as it turns out.
Here is a list of what was taken. Please share this on social media, the thieves are going to struggle to sell any of this without raising alarms. Even if you're not in the UK, please share this news, as Facebook algorithms are much more likely to show this in a newsfeed in the UK when people share it.
I hope to have a page up on my site within the next day or so - if you share and link to that also, it will help.
The thieves who did this are going to struggle to "move" this lot on without setting off the alarm bells, so it's possible they will end up dumping them or destroying them. But you never know, I may get them back. And if that is the case, there will be a sign of relief from quite a few folk.
Here is the list.
1) Model O Celtic Mandolin
2) An 8 string Sapele and spruce mandola
3) My 1890s vintage mahogany and spruce Howe Orme
4) 1970's Fender Musicmaster bass guitar
5) Ralph Plumb Viola
6) An Indian rosewood and torrefied sitka spruce Model D-SS
7) Indian rosewood Model C-SS w/cutaway - this is the only one I don't have a photo of. This is similar:
8) A "relic" finish electric guitar
9) A wenge and spruce Model S-HO guitar
10) A "Relic" finish Rosewood and spruce Session King tenor guitar
11) A 10 string wenge and spruce guitar bouzouki w/cutaway
12) An 8 string bubinga and spruce guitar bouzouki w/cutaway
That's quite a haul.
This lot represents about 8 months work. A lot of time, and a lot of money. A lot of care, and a lot of effort.
Ironically, it was yesterday afternoon that I closed the doors to the workshop, glad I'd finally finished setting up the whole lot. Done. Several were going to be shipped out to customers this week, the rest were going to my secure lockup in Newcastle on Monday. And I'm sorry to add that neither Ralph nor myself had insurance.
Please spread the word. Keep an eye on my site for a page like this and please share.
Thanks,
Nigel
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