Lost
Red Meinl tambourine with pineapple sticker
Ithaca
Lost
listing
Posted
3 months
ago
Description
I lost my red Meinl tambourine yesterday around 3pm outside the Autumn Leaves bookstore on The Commons in Ithaca. It's a compact 8-inch tambourine with a red plastic frame and shiny silver jingles; there's a small white pineapple sticker on the back and a tiny dent on the rim from a spill last week. It was a gift from my music teacher and it's essential for my weekly jam sessions, so I’m really worried about finding it. If anyone spotted it near Green Street or the State Theatre area, please text me. I can recognize it by the sticker and the dent.
Approximate last-seen location
Ithaca
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