Vienna Philharmonic horn player Josef Reif said his horn was stolen during a post-concert night on the town, arts commentator Norman Lebrecht reported in ArtsJournal.com.
Reif, 33, went to a wine bar with colleagues after playing at the Vienna State Opera on Wednesday night. When the musicians sat down at a table, Reif placed his horn, which was in a silver-gray Samsonite backpack, at his feet.
About a half hour later, Reif looked down, and his horn was gone.
The distraught horn player spoke with Austria's Heute.at on Friday. Because the horn backpack looks like a laptop bag, Reif told the newspaper, "The thief thought that it was a laptop. He will not be able to sell it."
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