The case was dinged up but the bassoon - other than some minor cosmetic damage - was in fine working shape. 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.

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