SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — After a Saturday night concert, classical musician Richard Meyn picked up some groceries and then made several quick trips to his Springfield apartment to carry them in.
When he returned to his car to wrestle out his 30-pound, 6-foot-tall bass, it was gone, stolen in the dark.
Meyn told the Eugene Register-Guard the instrument was made in Germany 150 years ago, and he’s been playing it since he was a high school junior about half a century ago.
He says it’s never been appraised but estimated that a new one of comparable sound quality would run $10,000 to $15,000.
Meyn teaches music at Oregon State University and is principal bassist for the Eugene Symphony. He played Saturday night in a chamber orchestra for the Oregon Mozart Players.
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