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Caleb Klauder's instruments were stolen

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Bill Martin

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Oct 12, 2008, 8:59:38 PM10/12/08
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in Portland, Friday night Oct 10. Here is the message I was sent:

Dear friends, Caleb Klauder has his beloved guitar and mandolin stolen from
his car last night - please forward this posting to anyone who comes into
contact with musical instruments. They are priceless to him! Thanks,
December

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My 1939 Martin 0-17 all mahogany guitar was stolen from a car in NE Portland
on Friday Oct 10th.
Also My John Sullivan F-5 Mandolin (#79) was stolen too. These are my Work
Horses, My Life, I play every day for a living and need these back.
Please if you have any information, or can help in any way, call Caleb
Klauder. 917-242-9140

You can see pictures of these instruments at:
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/laf/875585414.html


Lyle Lofgren

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Oct 13, 2008, 11:29:22 AM10/13/08
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My sympathies to Caleb -- I hope they're recovered. The importance of
a specific instrument isn't just emotional -- a great one plays
itself, as I discovered when I borrowed Eric Thompson's mandolin at
Berkeley. I didn't have to struggle at all.

Back when I was still working, I did a lot of statistical analyses,
and ran across the ideas of Genichi Taguchi, known to some as the
deviser of Taguchi Experiments. Some of his methods are statistically
suspect, but his key idea that I related to was minimization of "cost
to society." That is, it's immoral for a manufacturer to ship crap,
because the cost to society is greater than the profit to the
individual.

Similarly, the thief steals items of incalculable value to Caleb, but
sells them for a tiny percentage of even their monetary value,
perhaps bought by some parent for music lessons for a child who
isn't really interested in music: a large cost to society, both
monetary and spiritual.

Lyle

old_joeb...@yahoo.com

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Oct 13, 2008, 2:24:01 PM10/13/08
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You might want to tryThe Mugwumps Online Stolen Instrument List . I
have a link to it on the Old Time Links page of the Old Time Music And
Dance Community Website.

http://oldtimemusicanddance.homestead.com/

This List must produce results since it has been around for quite a
while. I guess there is a way to recover goods from pawn brokers and
other possible buyers.

I hope it turns out well in the end.

Joebob Clark

Bill Martin

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Oct 14, 2008, 2:53:30 AM10/14/08
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Caleb's phone number actually is 971-242-9140.

Bill


Jerry Dallal

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Oct 15, 2008, 5:05:53 AM10/15/08
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Stolen instruments are sometimes recovered. I was about to list some
helpful hints in case some had been overlooked when I noticed the
Craig's listing had been deleted. Does this mean that the instruments
are back in Caleb's hands?

--Jerry

njap53

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Oct 15, 2008, 9:54:59 AM10/15/08
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I believe the mandolin has been found, not sure about the guitar
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