Portland, OR-based bluegrass band Fruition has been on tour this fall, bringing their joy and music to people far and wide…until last night, when the music stopped. In a tale all too familiar to traveling musicians, the members of the band returned to their van, only to find a window broken and Mimi Naja‘s priceless mandolin gone. Though it can be replaced, and she is trying to maintain a zen attitude about her loss, the attachment a musician feels to their instrument is almost impossible to describe.

Here’s the pertinent details and a picture, as seen on Facebook.

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STOLEN: 1964 Gibson A-12 mandolin serial number #640421 San Francisco CA 10/23/15

To any of our readers in the San Francisco Bay area, please spread the word and keep an eye out for this lost friend. Beyond being how she makes her livihood, this instrument has become a beloved companion in her life, and means far more to her than whatever sum it will likely fetch at a pawn shop or Craigs List back alley sale.