Hey T.. will post more later, see what others say.. but my instinct is to send him a friendly, neutral no pressure text, saying something along the lines of (and dont quote me!)..
"I'm in town till X day, if you have fancy a catch up. Got my new cello back, he did a great job, good as new!" ..or drop something similiar in thats friendly, neutral and not a question for him to have to answer.
And dont EXPECT a reply? What more can you do, other than not text at all. I think phoning him would put him on the spot too much (unless it went to VM), so I would advise against that at least.
