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Sorry to keep resurrecting this thread, but for those who might still be curious, the final determination by the postal inspectors/police was that it was stolen off my porch. Crickett paid for signed for delivery, but when I wasn't home the mailman left it on the porch anyway without a signature and...

I met Mr. Watson in Galway once; he was really nice and let me try one of his flutes. No complaints; I would buy one. He sounds amazing on his.

Ok, for anyone still interested, I got the Hammy back today

It took numerous calls the the police, a friend called the postal inspector for me, and I emailed the Columbus PD detectives through the process at least once a week, but today I went and paid $20 to a pawn shop to get my Hammy back.

Yes, right now it is on a "police hold." I'm trying to find out what that means... but it seems in the short term it means he can't sell it. I'm not sure it means I can get it back, but the postal inspector told me they are going to press charges.

i just found out the pawn shop bought my flute for $20

If anyone has different contact info for him I would be willing to try; as far as i know however he was the one checking Mr. Murray's email all along

Yes, the tenon cork looks familiar Yes, it might be a federal offense. The Columbus PD and a postal inspector are trying to figure out who has jurisdiction; it depends on where it was stolen i guess. The postal inspector said it might have been stolen internally or it might have been stolen off the ...

I've called the pawn shop and he asked for a police report, so I filed one. We'll see what happens

I'm trying to enjoy the irony that I came here to ask about my missing Hamilton and my missing Murray thread has been resurrected; it must be my karma. ;) Anyway, I did a flute swap for a Murray and just recently swapped back, despairing of ever getting the Murray I paid for. So when we swap back my...

Has anyone noticed tucson_whistler has gone missing for the last week? Hot on the trail, or under it? Hi, I'm in grad school and don't spend as much time here anymore, I barely have time to do anything other than coursework. But fwiw, I've given up. I emailed him, called him, and had my friend in G...

Yes, I can't complain in the sense that I was warned... I'll add my voice to the multitude and say don't send him any money until you have the flute in hand.

[Thread given a minor dusting. Carry on - Mod]

Ignoring the advice of many on this board, I ordered a flute from Sam Murray almost 2 years ago and paid for it almost 1.5 years ago (January before last). Since then I have emailed, phoned, left messages, been in person to his shop once, and had a friend of mine in Loughrea try to track him down. I...

when i saw him he said it went down while he was sick/in the US

That's me playing Vincenzo's flute in the Crane in my photo (<--) I've met him twice; the first time he let me see his shop, and the second time he let me play his flute, so I can say he's been very kind whenever I met him. :) Lorenzo was there and told me his flutes are improving... I don't have an...

Hi Steve, I understand. However when flutes are bought they can be sold with very little loss. That's how I did it. I still believe you can't judge a flute by blowing it a few minutes. But that's me, opinions differ. Of course there is the issue of money, I won't go into details but I find that the...