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FW: Theft of instruments at warwick university.

To: "'brass-band'" <brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: FW: Theft of instruments at warwick university.
From: andrew wooler <100645.1446@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 07:58:12 -0500
Priority: low
Reply-to: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> > > 
> > > On Fri, 24 Jan 1997, andrew wooler wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I posted a note a while back re the theft of a euphonium. Readers
may be
> > > > interested to learn that an instrument has been recovered. However,
the
> > > > serial no has been obliterated and the instrument now has the
current
> > > > "owner"s name engraved on the tuning slides! Suffice to say, the
boys in
> > > > blue have had to return it to the "owner".

Ed Forner responded:

>I am under the impression that it is almost impossible to totally remove
such
>stamped on serial numbers. Infra-red or some such technology brings them
>back.
>It might be that authorities were unwilling to use this in this case
(expense?)
>but I believe that the ghost of the number is still there. One would have
to
>grind off too much metal to remove the implanted image. Just a thought.

The local police were indeed very thorough and the instrument went to the
metropolitan police labs to try and do what ed suggested. Unfortunately,
they were unable to lift the number out of the metal.
Following on from another point someone made, I'm afraid the suspect in
this case is in fact a bandsman which makes it all even sadder.

Andy Wooler
Resident Conductor, Uckfield Concert Brass
Public Relations Officer, SCABA
awooler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx  (01273)882539


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