The sad fact is - over 1 million music instruments are stolen every year in the US and less than 2% are recovered and returned to the owner. I've been posting stolen instrument notices since Sept. 07 - since then we have helped recover over $100,000 in stolen gear - not that I found any of it - rather its been other musicians seeing my posts and seeing the stolen gear being sold somewhere. Please take a look at the list of stolen instruments on any of these sites:
SCREAMING STONE - STOLEN MUSIC INSTRUMENT LIST - BEFORE YOU BUY USED MAKE SURE IT'S NOT STOLEN!! (the main site)
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I'd like to also start posting the stolen instrument notices on this site, however I have not heard back from the admins.
Spread the word - the more people seeing the stolen instrument notices the better chance we have at getting the stolen gear back into the hands of the musicians.