Junior bagpiper Tyentyen Chen has been without her bagpipes - worth about $2,000 - for almost three weeks, after they were stolen from outside Simon Fraser University's Cornerstone food court on June 25.
Since that night, members of the university's junior and senior bagpipe bands have been scouring the campus hoping the pipes would turn up.
But much to everyone's dismay, they've been unable to track down the missing pipes, said Rob Watt, secretary for the university's bagpipers.
"We've exhausted our community network," he said.
The bagpipers are now looking outside the campus for any information on where the stolen pipes might be.
Watt said the pipes were taken while Chen - a 17-year-old Burnaby resident - was grabbing a quick bite to eat after practice. The case included the bagpipes, reeds and chanter, which is worth between $300 and $400 on its own.
But the bagpipes have been tuned specifically to Chen, so no one else would be able to play them, Watt added.
Chen is a member of the junior bagpipers at Simon Fraser and had to pay for her own pipes, which she may have to do once again if the stolen ones aren't recovered, Watt said.
