I, too left an arranger keyboard in the front yard of the Merrick Inn one evening. I took everything to the van and rushed to an upright job across town. Left at 10:00 PM, after dark. At 2:00 am I was loading up and couldn't find the arranger.

Rushed back, and there it was, in it's black bag, laying in the grass. The place does over 500 covers some nights, and this was a busy night.

Also left a guitar in a hotel lobby at about 2:00 AM in a town about 50 miles from home, and didn't miss it until I was unloading several hours later.

Luckily, the night auditor spotted it and put it in the office.

A week later, the house PA was stolen from the bar, without anyone seeing who did it.

R.