Hey Folks - I wanted to start a new thread to ask you all about keeping your best instruments secured in some fashion at home, such as being locked up or put in a safe...beyond just stashing it in a closet, etc. I ask this because in some other areas, the mentality is always to put your real valuables worth more than a certain amount of money, in a safe...or at least locked up somewhere to discourage theft by would be burglars, etc. This is something I never thought much about and certainly don't to this day with my current musical instrument collection having a collective value of less than $1500, but years ago I once had a Yamaha 642 (old style) and a Besson Prestige at the same time. Nowadays those would have a combined value of nearly $13k or so. But years ago I didn't take any special precautions about securing them besides stashing them in a less than obvious closet. We have always had a home security system and and it wasn't something I ever worried about. Storing it behind a locked door is not likely to deter professional thieves, and you would have to spend a small fortune to get a decent safe large enough to hold a euphonium or tuba.
I'm very curious to hear others thoughts on this matter.