From: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org (good-noise-digest) To: good-noise-digest@smoe.org Subject: good-noise-digest V7 #18 Reply-To: good-noise@smoe.org Sender: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk good-noise-digest Tuesday, May 11 2004 Volume 07 : Number 018 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Fw: [lucy-list] Chuck Brodsky's instruments stolen ["Gina" Subject: Fw: [lucy-list] Chuck Brodsky's instruments stolen Spreading the word... > Subj: [Folk-alliance] Chuck Brodsky's stolen > instruments - descriptions > Date: 5/9/2004 11:09:33 AM Eastern Daylight > Time > From: CBrodsky@aol.com > To: folk-alliance@folk.org > I just got home from a trip overseas to discover > that a bunch of instruments were stolen from my house > near Asheville, North Carolina, sometime between April > 11th and May 6th. If anybody knows of any other > listserves, discussion groups, hotlines, or websites > where I can list the following descriptions, please > et me know. > > Please help spread the word. Here's what was taken: > Larry Pogreba resonator guitar > Very dark green, with a hubcap from an early '60's > Rambler covering the resonator cone. The hubcap is > cut in the shape of a butterfly. A pick-up is > installed under the cone, with a quarter inch jack > at the bottom end. There are "crude" beads where the > metal back and sides were welded together, and on the > back all of the balpine hammer marks are visible from > when the back was first shaped. > A photograph of a similar enough Pogreba to mine can > be viewed at > http://www.kummersvintage.com/images/nashhub..JPG > This is NOT the one stolen from me...there will be > slight differences between mine and the one in the > photo...but it's very close in looks. A photo of > the actual instrument that was stolen can be e-mailed > on request. > > Steve Wise Long Neck Dulcimer > This is an instrument that is played like a guitar, > NOT like a lap dulcimer. > It has a thin, teardrop-shaped body (with a cut-away > on either side at the neck), about the size of a > mandola, f holes, a pick-up, small rectangular black > plastic battery cover on the side. The neck is long > and is fretted like a dulcimer, but with the strings > in reverse order from a lap dulcimer. It has a > ow string, a middle string, and then the high string > being doubled. This instrument was stolen in its > white "Calton" fiberglass case with a plush red > interior. The outside of the case has a name plate > with "Chuck Brodsky" engraved in it along with the > serial # 8086. There is an odd piece of plush red > padding built into the inside of the case's top to > compensate for the dulcimer's raised bridge. > A photo of this very instrument can be viewed at > http://slwise.home.texas.net/longndl.htm > > Ovation "Elite" acoustic guitar > serial # 1868 > Thin body, black, rounded back, many small sound > holes. A repaired 7 inch crack in the guitar's top > will be apparent on inspection. The guitar strap > was multi-colored. There might be some corrosion > around the battery terminal & controls for the > pick-up. > A photo of a similar guitar to mine can be viewed at > > http://www.ovationguitars.com/?fa=detail&mid=61 > However, my guitar does not have the differentcolored > wood trim at the top of the headstock. > > Madiera acoustic guitar > The label inside says "Made by Guild". This guitar > has maple back and sides, and "Madiera" inlayed on the > headstock. It's a well-worn instrument, my first > guitar. There are at least 2 small screw holes in the > top of the guitar from where an old pick-up used to be > mounted. The area near the pick gaurd has been worn > down through the finish, as are areas around the edge > of the sound hole. There were cracks around the > bindings on the back & sides, with one small spot > where the guitar had been dropped and the wood was > crushed in a little. > There was a thin braided dark leather strap tied to > the bottom end and to just before the nut at the > headstock. Tiny blood spatterings from long ago dot > the inside wood of the back of the guitar when you > look through the sound hole. > A photo of this guitar can be e-mailed on request. > > Banjolin (brand name unknown) > Possibly has an inscription somewhere "Made in > Philadelphia." Belonged to my great uncle. This > instrument has a banjo head (not sure if it was > plastic > or skin) attached to the neck of a mandolin (4 sets of > doubled strings). The wooden tone ring is a pattern > of various colored woods, either inlaid or interlocked > (not sure). It probably dates back to the 1930's or > 1940's. > Some of the metal hardware around the head might > possibly be recent replacement parts (not certain). > There is a thin shim adjusting the angle of the neck > at the point where it attaches to the banjo head. > This instrument was stolen without its original case. > Thanks for taking time to read this - > > Chuck Brodsky > > Thanks for all of the kind e-mails, everybody, and for > all the crosspostings to other lists on my behalf. > One thing I forgot to mention is that the > Ovation "Elite" (serial # 1868) was "high strung." > www.chuckbrodsky.com > Asheville, NC > > > ===== > This I have learned: Because we can, we must try to change the world -- fully, wisely, restlessly. -- Rudy Nemser > == > Life is such a changing art. -- Dar Williams > == > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! 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