I met a great flute player recently at a session in Ballyvaughan and she told me about having her flute stolen - THE Nightmare.
Here is Eileen's story if anyone can help.
My name is Eileen Donnellan and I am from County Clare in the west of Ireland. I have lived in Australia for the last eight years and recently returned home for good. I am submitting this story to the web site in the hope that someone somewhere, can help me.
In Febraury 1996 I had my flute stolen from a van in Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, Australia, after being asked to perform in the first Katoomba music festival. It was stolen in broad day light from a busy car park but no-one saw anything.
My father Sean had bought me the flute when I was fifteen and we had traveled to many music festivals for years together, singing songs and playing tunes. He died in 1994 and my flute was the most precious thing I had from him.
After the flute was taken I sent out letters and posters to music shops and visited every pawn broker between Sydney and Katoomba in the hope of getting it back. Two days after it was taken I received a call from a young Australian man claiming he had the flute, said he had found it in a litter bin. He described the flute to me in detail, including the Guinness mat on the inside of the case and the stickers on its lid, none of which had been described on the posters. Asking me what the reward was I said $100, and he told me he would bring it to me. He mentioned that my address was on the bag, which it was as I had landed in Oz only two weeks earlier. He never arrived and I never heard from him again.
I have tormented myself over not offering him more money, I have replayed the
Eileen,
I don't know anything about how to get your flute back and I sincerely hope someone can help you to do that.
In the meantime, remember that your dad, Se
Stolen Flute
Stolen Flute
Dear Colleagues,
I met a great flute player recently at a session in Ballyvaughan and she told me about having her flute stolen - THE Nightmare.
Here is Eileen's story if anyone can help.
My name is Eileen Donnellan and I am from County Clare in the west of Ireland. I have lived in Australia for the last eight years and recently returned home for good. I am submitting this story to the web site in the hope that someone somewhere, can help me.
In Febraury 1996 I had my flute stolen from a van in Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, Australia, after being asked to perform in the first Katoomba music festival. It was stolen in broad day light from a busy car park but no-one saw anything.
My father Sean had bought me the flute when I was fifteen and we had traveled to many music festivals for years together, singing songs and playing tunes. He died in 1994 and my flute was the most precious thing I had from him.
After the flute was taken I sent out letters and posters to music shops and visited every pawn broker between Sydney and Katoomba in the hope of getting it back. Two days after it was taken I received a call from a young Australian man claiming he had the flute, said he had found it in a litter bin. He described the flute to me in detail, including the Guinness mat on the inside of the case and the stickers on its lid, none of which had been described on the posters. Asking me what the reward was I said $100, and he told me he would bring it to me. He mentioned that my address was on the bag, which it was as I had landed in Oz only two weeks earlier. He never arrived and I never heard from him again.
I have tormented myself over not offering him more money, I have replayed the
# Posted on February 29th 2004 by breandan
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Eileen,
I don't know anything about how to get your flute back and I sincerely hope someone can help you to do that.
In the meantime, remember that your dad, Se
# Posted on February 29th 2004 by Joe Quinn
Re: Stolen Flute
Breandon, didja post this at Chiff & Fipple?
# Posted on February 29th 2004 by Zina Lee
Re: Stolen Flute
Good Luck
# Posted on March 2nd 2004 by fiddlebug