From Sara Schoenbeck, a teacher at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music:
Someone stole my constant companion from me in Brooklyn today (ed. Sunday). They took my soulful, beautiful and irreplaceable Heckel Bassoon, serial #9703.
Please spread the word!
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