Someone has some seriously bad juju.
Stealing Terry Preshaw’s magical French horn a few weeks back was a bad move, warns Jon Coulter, a 58-year-old mechanic in Edmonds who also plays the French horn.
Coulter left a comment about the stolen horn that piqued my interest: “Consider the horn cursed, and all who have touched it, until it is returned.”
So I called him and asked him about it.
He said the curse comes standard with stolen beloved items such as musical instruments or jewelry. Too much is contained within, much like the ring from “The Lord of The Rings” or a motorcycle owned by a Hells Angels member, he said.
“Some would call it energy or that New Age woo-woo kind of stuff,” he said.
His French horn is much less fancy. He picked it up a few years ago in a pawn shop. He says his playing is so bad that it works better than a fire alarm to clear rooms. He also likes to torment an electric piano.
The horn-napper better give Preshaw’s horn back quick, if he knows what’s good for him, Coulter said.
“Their life ain’t going to get any better,” he said. “To hang onto this is just not going to be bright.”
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