The following is from Rob Goodale <rrg@unlv.nevada.edu> caught in the admin filters.. -phil, admin for the week Hello everyone- Again, I am currently NOT on the pianotech list, but I am sending this follow up because of my past announcement of the stollen pianos in Las Vegas. As you may recall the pianos, a Burgmann grand with a Pianodisc player and a Howard grand, were stolen from a parked trailer at a Las Vegas dealer. The geniuses who stole it got talked a friend into trying to sell it for them. The ding-bat began calling the local dealers, (smart), and of course one of the sales people at the dealer from where it was stolen got a call. Suspicious, the salesman got the "seller" to give him the serial number under the pretense that knowing the date of manufacture would give him a more accurate price value. Sure enough the numbers matched. An ex-cop friend of one of the dealer's co-owners was dispatched posing as a technician to inspect the instrument. Once confirmed metro police were informed and five cruisers immediately responded and swept the guy away! He has now confessed and in exchange with the D.A. for a lighter sentence he is informing who the actual thieves were. More arrests expected and most certainly the recovery of the Howard grand. Cha-Ching!! Once again proof that crime doesn't pay but pianos do play... or better to have a lyre than a liar... or better to hammer strings then gravel... ? Thanks to all of you for looking out for this one. It could have easily been exported out of the state and turned up anywhere. Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV
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