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Flutist Leaves $22,000 Flute on Chicago Train Donald Rabin was on a visit to the Windy City, and it quickly became one hell never forget. On January 29th, Donald boarded the blue line train on his way to visit a friend in the city. Hed just spent two weeks visiting family in St. Louis, and was trying hard to manage his suitcase, laptop, and his flute. He was only stopping for the weekend before he flew home to Somerville, Massachusetts. When the doors opened at his stop, he grabbed his things a...

Man Leaves a $22,000 Flute on Chicago Train Donald Rabin was on a visit to the Windy City, and it quickly became one hell never forget. On January 29th, Donald boarded the blue line train on his way to visit a friend in the city. Hed just spent two weeks visiting family in St. Louis, and was trying hard to manage his suitcase, laptop, and his flute. He was only stopping for the weekend before he flew home to Somerville, Massachusetts. When the doors opened at his stop, he grabbed his things and...

Donald Rabin, 23, searched for days for his $22,000 flute, which he left on a Chicago train during a visit.

Skip to main content Currently Reading FLUTE EMERGENCY: A musician forgot his $22,000 instrument on a Chicago train. A homeless man found it. Andrea Salcedo, The Washington Post Feb. 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Graduate music student Donald Rabin, left, forgot his $22,000 flute on a Chicago train, but he found it days later after a homeless man had turned it in to a pawn shop.photo courtesy of Donald Rabin. Donald Rabin had scoured train after train in Chicago for four hours. He had filed a m...

Font Size: A Missouri musician who lost a $22,000 flute on the Chicago subway was reunited with his instrument after a homeless man tried pawning it for a $500 loan, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Donald Rabin was visiting Chicago when he realized he had lost his flute on a train seat in late January. He spent hours frantically searching for the instrument, which was given to him by his grandmother, and then Chicago police, according to the Sun-Times. Last Friday, an out-of-town musician inadv...