The owner of a famous saxophone would like it back after it vanished from the stage of a downtown theatre in Vancouver on Friday.

The tenor saxophone once belonged to Ross Taggart who died five years ago from cancer. Taggart was a well-known and well-loved jazz musician and a big part of Vancouver’s and Canada’s jazz scene.

The saxophone’s current owner, Chris Startup, 55, is a musician who was set to play a series of concerts with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, starting Friday, using the instrument.

But