North Vancouver RCMP is hoping to reunite a musician with an instrument before it plays its last tune.
RC MP found the wooden, stringed instrument with a longneck and a tear-shaped body approximately one year ago.
After canvassing different community groups to track down the owner of the "unique ethnic guitar," and coming up with no solid leads, the instrument is slated for auction.
"If it doesn't get sold there it'll just get destroyed," said North Vancouver RC MP Cpl. Richard De Jong.
It's likely a Persian instrument called a setar, according to Paul Haggis, the proprietor of Bluedog Guitars in North Vancouver.
Besides the strings being snapped the instrument is impressive, with wood that sounds like cherrywood, according to De Jong.
"The picture doesn't really do it justice," De Jong said. "I can only imagine what it sounds like."
Anyone who can identify the instrument is asked to contact North Vancouver RC MP at 604-985-1311.
"We'd love to return it to its rightful owner so it can be enjoyed again like it's meant to be," De Jong said.
