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03/04/2022

70 Autographed guitars stolen from Oregon Music Hall of Fame

The stolen guitars were autographed for auction to raise money for music education and scholarship programs. They include guitars signed by The Monkees, George Clinton, Lucinda Williams, Arlo Guthrie and Portugal The Man. 

We are told:

On the evening of February 27^th, 70 autographed guitars were stolen from the storage unit of the Oregon Music Hall of Fame in Portland. These guitars were autographed for auction to raise money for music education and scholarship programs. They include guitars signed by The Monkees, George Clinton, Lucinda Williams, Arlo Guthrie and Portugal The Man. There were also guitars signed by each OMHOF annual group of inductees to go on display at the Youth Music Project’s Oregon Music Hall of Fame permanent exhibit in West Linn.

The Oregon Music Hall of Fame’s main fundraiser and induction ceremony is to be held at the Aladdin Theater on October 8^th. The scholarship fund rewards at least 4 college bound graduates, that are going on to further their music education, with $2500 scholarships. The Music in the Schools Program puts on assemblies at K-8 schools across the state of Oregon that do not offer music education. These stolen guitars would support those programs. Since 2007 the Oregon Music Hall of Fame has granted 63 scholarships for music studies totaling $115, 500.

The police report has been filed but we need help from all of you to recover and restore these precious instruments that may currently be for sale on line or through a variety of outlets like music stores and pawn shops or just word-of-mouth options.

If you have any information on this burglary please notify scholarship director Janeen Rundle (Janeen@omhof.org) or the Portland police.

Your attention will be much appreciated.

https://www.omhof.org/

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