If you cared about the accordeon, why did you give it to someone to "hold" ?
Why did you not contact them earlier if the instrument was important?
Wouldn't the people who had it be the best source of information on its current loccation ?
Well, to tell you the truth, my dear Watson, it is all just a cleverly thought of research for market value, story ideas and plot. This for a new Conan Doyle "Who Dun' It" detective book called "Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Acadian Accordion". It will be published late 2013, and revenues are meant to help out Marc and family covering the restoration costs caused by the flooding of the Savoy Music Center ... see: http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20130112/NEWS01/301120308/The-show-will-go-Savoy-Music-Center - Nout