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Musician cancels Fringe show after theft of irreplaceable instruments
Sachie Mikawa inherited her instruments from her father
A Japanese musician has been forced to cancel performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after her instruments were stolen from the venue.
Sachie Mikawa, 48, said the trumpet and vintage melodica that went missing from the Rotunda Theatre where she was performing a musical comedy held great sentimental value, particularly as the trumpet was inherited from her father.
She said it was his only thing to survive the tsunami which hit parts of Japan in 2011 and was her last connection to her dad, who died last year.
The theatre said the items were stolen on Monday along with six laptops and an iPad among other items of tech. Police Scotland confirmed they received a report of the incident.
Sachie Mikawa's show was supposed to run until Sunday
A melodica is a handheld instrument played by blowing air into a reed, which is attached to a keyboard.
Mikawa, who now lives in London with her partner, said the stolen trumpet was one of the only items to survive when her family lost everything in the Tōhoku earthquake in 2011.
The natural disaster caused a devastating tsunami and had a magnitude of 9.0 which produced waves up to 132 feet (40m) high.
Speaking to BBC Scotland, she said: "My dad gifted me the trumpet when I was sixteen.