Ptarmigan Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 ATTENTION! Norman's concertina, whistles, mouthorgans and more have been stolen from his camper van in Glasgow last night. I'll post more information when I get it but if anyone is out and about near the BBC keep your eyes on the look out as I'm sure most of the stuff will have been dumped. From 'Footstompin' forum: http://www.footstompin.com/forum?threadid=75194 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptarmigan Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 From Norman: "Stolen from camper van break-in Glasgow early hours of Saturday morning 10th Feb 07 Norman Chalmers’ (of Jock Tamson’s Bairns, the List, Scotland on Sunday reviewer) - unique instrument case; white Samsonite with heavy shoulder strap covered in dozens of colourful music and international stickers. It contained a Dave Gormlie double-skinned tuneable bodhran drum, - a Wheatstone black wooden-ended aeola 48 key concertina (ends worn to brown in places) - master US flute maker Chris Abell’s silver - and ebony whistles in the key of C and D, - various other metal and wooden whistles, - 19th century wooden single-key fife (small flute in B flat) - various jaw harps, - various mouth organs including the new Hohner Highlander in its case. - Also a Microvox microphone pick-up system and pre-amp graphic equaliser, - and a digital chromatic tuner." Please keep your eyes & ears open folks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnC Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 b] Please keep your eyes & ears open folks! Will do, I'll pass the word around the local musicians just incase they're offered any ''bargains'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 - a Wheatstone black wooden-ended aeola 48 key concertina (ends worn to brown in places) Please keep your eyes & ears open folks! Bad news. Perhaps Norman can advise whether the one or two missing keys at the top end had been replaced, as I noticed that these were missing when I saw his instrument last September. Regards, Peter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptarmigan Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 (edited) GOOD NEWS! Some good news. Someone tried to sell the concertina and whistles to Folk Revolution and they realised that something was amiss. They managed to purchase them at a very reasonable price (£7) and mamaged to get them back to Norman. Well done Folk Revolution. The drum and electronics are still missing I'll 2nd that - well done Folk Revolution! I wonder if they managed to get the guys fingerprints in the process, or catch them on CCTV? Edited February 11, 2007 by Ptarmigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffwright Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Thats good news - As long as his dancing partner was returned - that was the best thing in the magic box (despite being a little wooden). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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