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10-10-2017, 02:14 PM
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Howard Klepper
Guys,
Just heard sad news through the grapevine that Howard Klepper's house and shop burned in the San Fransisco fires... Howard and his wife got out - but the house and shop are a "Total loss". Say a prayer for Howard and his wife. This is a crushing blow. 
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10-10-2017, 02:18 PM
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Horrible, just the news I didn't want to hear. Just posted about the fires. Really sad.
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10-10-2017, 02:58 PM
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Bruce and Howard are long time friends, and more recently neighbors since Howard moved to that part of California a few years ago.
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10-10-2017, 03:43 PM
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Howard and Helen live(d) about 30 minutes north of Bruce (Who is in Petaluma) in the Bennetts Valley area, southeast of Santa Rosa. The “Nuns Fire” (http://www.fire.ca.gov/current_incid...ils/Index/1868) ravaged that area on Sunday/Monday. As you can only imagine, their life is totally upside down right now.
Terribly, tragic things can and do happen to good people...😥
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A bunch of nice archtops, flattops, a gypsy & nylon strings…
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#7
10-10-2017, 04:16 PM
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10-10-2017, 04:24 PM
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This hurts my heart! No only are Howard and Bruce builders of extraordinary guitars, they're Good People! I'm sure others affected by the fire are, too, but I've met these two guys, and enjoyed getting to play some of their creations. I'm a praying sort, so these two AGF friends will be on my list beginning now.
cotten
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#9
10-10-2017, 04:41 PM
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The Acoustic Guitar of Inyo: 30 solo acoustic covers on a 1976 Martin D-35 33 solo acoustic 6-string guitar covers 35 solo acoustic 12-string covers 32 original acoustic compositions on 6 and 12-string guitars 66 acoustic tunes on 6 and 12-string guitars 33 solo alternate takes of my covers Inyo and Folks--159 songs
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#10
10-10-2017, 06:06 PM
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Terrible news. Fortunate that they got out alive but that workshop (not to mention personal items as well).
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10-10-2017, 06:08 PM
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I doubt Howard is in any position to be reading AGF right now but my prayers and thoughts are with him.
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Fazool "The wand chooses the wizard, Mr. Potter" Taylor GC7, GA3-12, SB2-C, SB2-Cp...... Ibanez AVC-11MHx , AC-240
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#12
10-10-2017, 06:09 PM
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Crap.
I've been to Howard's home/shop. Bad, bad news...
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Larry Pattis on Spotify and Pandora LarryPattis.com American Guitar Masters 100 Greatest Acoustic Guitarists Steel-string guitars by Rebecca Urlacher and Simon Fay Classical guitars by Anders Sterner
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#13
10-10-2017, 08:27 PM
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Sad news. Best wishes to Howard and his wife. That's a terrible loss.
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Peace, Jimmy Optima dies, prima fugit
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#15
10-10-2017, 10:06 PM
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Yes, a tragic scenario. Here's a map of the fires.
http://www.calfire.ca.gov/general/firemaps To correct the OP: There are no "San Francisco fires"; they are mostly in Napa and Sonoma counties. Good point, as to insurance for luthiers. It may be that they don't (can't) have coverage for fire damage, due to the "fuel" they store and work with; also, I assume that fire sprinklers are never included in their facilities.
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