[Dixielandjazz] Stolen axes

[John Farrell]

Bill Gunter's message about Bob Ringwald's loss reminded me of a story I
heard about an accordion player who left his instrument in his car. Later he
discovered that somebody had forced the rear door and put six more
accordions in the vehicle.

John Farrell
stridepiano@tesco.net
http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard@hotmail.com>
To: <cellblk7@attbi.com>; <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Fw: [TPIN] Glenn Fischthal's horn's stolen


> Hello all,
>
> Bob Roman's post recalled an incident that happened to me many years ago.
It
> is possible to get the item(s) back - but not very likely.
>
> Anyway, I was driving Bob Ringwald home from a a gig we had just played.
Bob
> didn't have a drivers license because he couldn't read the eyechart!
>
> We stopped at a pub where a friend was playing piano to have a beer and
say
> "hello."
>
> When we returned to the car we found it had been broken into and Bob's
banjo
> had been stolen. We reported it stolen but nothing much happened until one
> day about a week later one of my students, knowing I played guitar, asked
me
> if I would be interested in buying a banjo.  I happened to be teaching
> English at the time in a high school about a mile from the pub where the
> banjo was stolen.
>
> I really wasn't interested and was about to say "No thanks" when something
> told me that perhaps I ought to take a look at it. Bob's banjo was very
> distinctive with some intricate carvings on the neck down near the body of
> the banjo. So I said "Yeah, I would . . . bring it around and let me see
> it."
>
> The next day the kid brought Bob's banjo to me and asked for 25 dollars!
>
> I was flabbergasted!  Here this little jerk stole an expensive banjo from
my
> car and then tries to sell it back to me for 25 bucks!
>
> We went to the principals office and notified the authorities who sorted
> things out fairly fast. When the cops when to the kids house they found a
> lot of stolen items (tv sets, car radios, etc.).
>
> Small world!
>
> Respectfully submitted,
>
> Bill Gunter
> jazzboard@hotmail.com