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Stolen Instruments

IDRS Stolen Instrument Registry

IDRS will push new notifications about new stolen instruments through its social media accounts. Members are encouraged to check this list before purchasing any used double reed instrument.

The IDRS Stolen Instrument Registry was created in 1988 and unfortunately has grown ever since. Some instruments listed on the registry have been recovered, the most famous being a bassoon belonging to IDRS Honorary Member William Waterhouse (1931-2007), who recovered his lost Heckel bassoon after forty years.

Date Stolen:08/03/2022
Instrument:Patched Pre-War Heckel CC2 Bocal
Serial #: n/a
Owner:Christopher Hayden
Date Stolen:04/13/2022
Instrument:Heckel Bassoon
Serial #: 12660
Owner:Ian Newton
Date Stolen:11/17/2021
Instrument:Yamaha Oboe
Serial #: 066890
Owner:Caroline Brookfield
Date Stolen:11/07/2021
Instrument:2018 Fender Duff McKagan Jazz Bass Special
Serial #: MX1800016
Owner:Adam "Viaj" Crum
Date Stolen:10/19/2021
Instrument:Ben Bell Bassoon
Serial #: 116
Owner:Stuart Russell
Date Stolen:09/24/2021
Instrument:F. Loree Royal Oboe
Serial #: UW94
Owner:Kyle Howe
Date Stolen:05/25/2021
Instrument:Loree Oboe
Serial #: CP26
Owner:cynthia fleming
Date Stolen:05/12/2021
Instrument:Loree AK Oboe
Serial #: UE31
Owner:Colleen Scott
Date Stolen:08/23/2020
Instrument:Heckel
Serial #: 11236
Owner:Reynaldo Joel de Santiago arenas
Date Stolen:08/28/2019
Instrument:Heckel Bassoon
Serial #: 10215
Owner:Samuel Fraser
Date Stolen:05/22/2019
Instrument:Fox 220
Serial #: 57303
Owner:University of Tulsa
Date Stolen:11/20/2018
Instrument:Fox 601 bassoon, red maple, divided long joint (gentleman's cut)
Serial #: 45903
Owner:Paige Liccioni
Date Stolen:01/30/2018
Instrument:Loree English Horn
Serial #: GR17
Owner:Sally Bohls
Date Stolen:08/24/2017
Instrument:Laubin
Serial #: 878
Owner:Kathleen Buchynski
Date Stolen:05/19/2017
Instrument:Loree English horn
Serial #: #RO18
Owner:Mickey Hansen (my colleague in WSO)