The family members say they heard nothing about the instruments until this summer, when Guastafeste and his wife, Bronte Jornod, asked their son-in-law to have someone play them to maintain the instruments and later, to return them. When Spadaro didn't respond, the couple allegedly began a "campaign of persistent, harassing and threatening phone calls ... in an attempt to intimidate (family) into relinquishing their lawful rights to the instruments," according to a court filing.