Yeah, I tend to think that whoever did it really knew what they were doing. The shop had a lot of stock, and those were the most expensive instruments and bows. The bass community here is relatively small and tight knit though, so I wonder if the thieves don't have some plan to try and remove the instruments or at least the bows to other countries (maybe other asian countries) to get rid of them.
If you should hear anything about any of the stuff, you can contact the shop directly, at:
Contrabass shop ATTO
http://www5.ocn.ne.jp/~atto/
TEL +81-422-41-2213
FAX +81-422-46-8491
E -MAIL
attobass@festa.ocn.ne.jp
if there seems to be any language barrier, I can be reached at
online@brentnussey.com to translate. I'm sure there's a police report, and investigation, this sort of theft is pretty rare here. But I just wanted to make a list of what was lost in English and get it out there, just to make it harder for the thieves to get rid of it.
The shop was really cleaned out of all of it's best stuff, here's hoping some of it can be found and the criminals brought to justice.
Thanks,
Brent