So another fun glitch pops up in Skyrim. I have completed all the bards College quests and spoken to the quest givers yet they did not take their items back. I now have a flute, drum and pipe taking up space and weight in my inventory and when i try to get rid of them-you can't unequip quest items

I just started sitting down to go through them last night. In my travels I picked up the flute and the lute, now they'll give me the mission but ask me why I haven't gotten it yet if I try to talk to them. Moments like this make me really regret getting this on console and not upgrading my graphics card for the PC

even though it shows the weight, it doesn't register. find a blank container and remove everything from your inventory except the quest items you can't drop. your carry weight should show zero.

if on pc you can remove them.....

If you find out how to get them to take the quest items please let me know. It happened to me too.