Parnther reimbursed the man for the amount he paid at the swap meet but “there was really no number that he was going to rattle off that I wasn’t willing to pay to get my horn back,” Parnther said. He drove east, where he met a grandfather who collects antiques - a very nice man who gladly relinquished the bassoon to its rightful owner. Parnther said he was gobsmacked - startled out of his daze only by the angry honks and gestures from cars swerving past him on the freeway. Some Googling surfaced The Times' article about Parnther's stolen instrument - and the description and serial number matched. The sender had bought a bassoon at a swap meet in San Bernardino. Anytime a Schreiber bassoon went for sale, he had an army of people letting him know.Īlmost a year later, Parnther was sitting in traffic on the 405 Freeway when a message dinged through on his professional Facebook page. He set up notification alerts for keywords on Craigslist and EBay. For months, he and a squad of friends scoured about 50 local pawn shops.

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