Monke rotary trumpet

NOTE: MOST OF STOLEN EQUIPMENT RECOVERED LATE 2004 - SEE UPDATE BELOW

On Tuesday March 16 on the train from Gießen to Aachen, Germany, the gig bag belonging to trumpet student Florian Balzer was stolen, just before Köln (Cologne). The bag contained three trumpets and accessories, with a total value of about €9000 ($11000, £6000). Unfortunately these instruments were not insured, so this is a serious problem for Balzer.

If you know the whereabouts of any of this equipment please contact Balzer or the Cologne police.

Contact details

Florian Balzer
(Student of the Music High School of Frankfurt am Main)
Am Markt 22
35274 Kirchhain
Germany
Telephone: 06422 850890 (International: +49 6422 850890)
Email: florianbalzer@aol.com

This theft was filed at the Cologne Police Department, reference number I-/5220300/1330-03-04.

Police Department Cologne
Marzellenstraße 3-5
50667 Köln
Germany
Telephone: 0221 16093-0 (International: +49 221 16093-0)

Stolen trumpets

1) Josef Monke Rotary B-flat trumpet, raw brass. Special exchangeable lead pipe No. 5 by Mattias Beck and heavy valve caps by Josef Monke.
2) Josef Monke Rotary C Trumpet, silver-plated.
3) Stomvi Piccolo Trumpet “Combi-Master”, gold plated with a silver-plated bell, serial number 933042. At the moment of the theft, this trumpet had a mouth pipe by Stomvi in A.

Accessories

1) Götz black gigbag model “Supersack”.
2) Götz mouthpiece gig bag.
3) Tom Crown straight mute with copper bottom.
4) Yamaha Silent Brass mute.
5) Yamaha Silent Brass mute for piccolo trumpet.
6) Elaton “Brandenburg bell” in brushed gold by Joachim Langhammer.
7) Joseph Klier 4C Exclusive silver-plated mouthpiece.
8) Vincent Bach 7C silverplated mouthpiece.
9) Schilke piccolo trumpet mouthpiece, model “David Tasa Pic”.
10) Monette Prana BL gold plated mouthpiece.
11) Monette C2 goldplated mouthpiece.
12) Lausmann 1C cornet mouthpiece.
13) One set of standard weight valve caps for the Monke B-flat trumpet.
14) Mouth pipe in B-flat for the Stomvi piccolo trumpet.
15) Mouth pipe in B-flat for piccolo trumpet by Mattias Beck.
16) Mouth pipe in A for piccolo trumpet by Stomvi.
17) Silver-plated second valve slide for a Stomvi E-flat trumpet.
18) Korg DT-3 Tuner.
19) Wittner QM 2 Metronome.
20) 2 BERPs by Bernhard Loos.

Editor's note
Please read this note from the News Editor about this story.

UPDATE (1st January 2005):
Florian Balzer wrote on 29th December to say that about 90% of his instruments and ancillary equipment have been recovered. A case* is with the public prosecutor in Köln (Cologne) and we will cover more of this story as it becomes available. Congratulations to Florian on getting the equipment back, and thank you for the cautionary tale for players everywhere.


*Yes, it's an intentional pun, the editor is allowed one on New Year's Day.