I'm sorry if this is all over the net today, but I really find this a great info graphic, by Noodlor. I link directly to his graphic:

Today I've done what I should have done (and in part did) a long time ago, get my blog up again, retire other blogs, integrate those posts here and modernize this blog. I did update WordPress a while back, adding a new design, but this time I've actually completed the look and made it, well, less fancy. It's the content, not the design, and until I get someone to actually make a working design, a slightly customized standard-design will do well for me.

My blog had been offline for a while due to a bad combination: server formatting (I changed from running ESXi with FreeBSD on top to just FreeBSD) and laziness. I'm integrating my photoblog and early music blog, and ~10 years of blogging plus two blog integrations made for an awful lot of dead links. But the weather is awful today, so I'm in the process of fixing them up too.

Anyway, my plan is that a fresh look, having the old content up-to-date and letting it be the hub of what I do online, I'll actually get around to write interesting stuff again, something I've not done on a regular basis for a while. Having it the way I want it should help for motivation. So, new improved blog... let's see what comes

On September 20th 2004, while putting my luggage in a locker at The Hague Central Station, my shoulder bag containing four - very good - traversos (and personal papers, telephone, calendar, address book etc..) was grabbed away. It stood between my legs on the floor, but the thief was very experienced and fast: I hardly noticed a shadow moving and something slipping against my trousers.

Following instruments were stolen:

1) A. Weemaels, Hotteterre copy, 387 Hz., boxwood, in a nice wooden box it consists of 8 pieces:

• wooden end cap
• ivory end cap
• head joint
• wooden connection
• ivory connection
• middle joint
• wooden foot (with ivory ring)
• ivory foot

2) A. Weemaels, A. Grenser copy, 415 Hz., boxwood with (imitation-) ivory rings,4 pieces, no corkscrew but end cap, register foot

3) R. Tutz, I.H. Rottenburgh copy, stained boxwood with (imitation-) ivory rings, 4 pieces, corkscrew, register foot

4) Ph. Allain-Dupre (but unsigned), Quantz copy, 392 Hz., ebony or grenadilla, 4 pieces, (head joint with corkscrew and tuning slide), two keys and register on foot

The last three instruments were carried in a clear brown soft leather purse. I hope any of you could help me finding these instruments! (honestly, I don't dare to hope very much that I'll ever see them back, but one never knows...)

Anyway: thanks for looking out!

Bart

e-mail address of Barthold Kuijken e-mail: barthold.kuijken@pi.be

Please forward this e-mail to any helpful source, from the music world, second hand shops, music fairs, music schools etc.