URGENT – Vol de flûtes

URGENT // FLUTES VOLEES

Chers amis et collègues,

Le 15 décembre dernier mon appartement (alors à Poitiers) a été cambriolé ; en dépit du fait que les cambrioleurs n’étaient certainement pas à la recherche d’instruments de musique, ils ont tout de même fini par emporter un grand nombre de mes flûtes, à défaut d’autres objets de valeur.
Merci de bien vouloir m’aider à relayer ce message au plus grand nombre ! Et s’il vous arrivait de voir un ou plusieurs instruments correspondant à ces descriptions, je vous serais très reconnaissant de bien vouloir m’en avertir.
Avec mes remerciements pour votre aide, et mes sincères salutations.

Dear friends and colleagues,

On 15th of December my apartment (then in Poitiers, France) has been burgled ; despite the burglars did not come for instruments, they stole many of my flutes.
I would appreciate if you can help me to forward this message to all professional flautists and instrument dealers.
If you happen to see one or more instruments corresponding to that description, please inform me.
With many thanks for your help and collaboration.

1* Ivory Baroque flute after Eichentopf mad by Stefan Beck (signature : b)
(in a beautiful wooden box with red velvet inside)

2* Boehm 1832 system Buffet-Crampon (recently restored, in perfect condition)
(in a beautiful mahogany / acajou box with red coating inside)
characteristic sign : contains 3 silver tuning rings

3* Boxwood romantic flute with 9 keys, after Liebel, made by Fritjof Aurin
(in a black flat case, with blue coating inside)
characteristic sign : short G#key slightly twisted / head joint darker than the rest of the flute / middle joint bent
(on the photo : Liebel on top, Buffet-Crampon bellow)

4* modern piccolo Hammig
(in its hard case)
characteristic sign : the case is damaged
5* « Schwedler system » flute by Kruspe, Leipzig
(in a long hard case, with green coating inside)

6* Silver Boehm system flute by Bonneville, Paris
unfortunately I lost the document with the serial number, but it was in the 2000 (around 2600 or 2800)
characteristic sign :
– the d# key on the foot joint is square and not round « water drop » like on most flutes
– the original case (in poor condition) is designed for a (missing) piccolo + flute.

7* Late Romantic flute by Franz Michl (Kraslitz)
in its original case

8* Flute by Meyer (Hanover)
dark wood and ivory head (cracked)
no picture

9* Flute by Clementi (London)
dark wood, poor condition, in a rectangular box
no picture