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Violinist falls, fracturing $1 million 1772 fiddle
Columbus Dispatch ^ | Feb 14, 2008 | AP

Posted on 02/14/2008 4:30:36 PM PST by RDTF

LONDON (AP) -- Can his fractured fiddle - a million dollar Guadagnini - be fixed? It's too early to tell.

David Garrett, a former model who has been called the David Beckham of the classical scene, said he tripped while carrying his 18th century violin as he was leaving London's Barbican Hall after a performance, smashing it to bits.

"I had it over my shoulder in its case and I fell down a concrete flight of stairs backward," Garrett said Thursday. "When I opened the case, much of my G.B. Guadagnini had been crushed."

Garrett said he bought the 1772 violin for $1 million in 2003, and he is now hoping to get it repaired in New York, where he is based.

"I hope and pray that it can be fixed, but if it can't, I hope my insurance policy will let me buy another great violin," the 26-year-old musician said. He told The Associated Press that other published accounts saying the violin was a Stradivarius were incorrect. Guadagnini is believed by some to have been a student of Antonio Stradivari.

The accident occurred Dec. 27 but only came to light this week when he returned to London for another concert at the Barbican and told British reporters what had happened.

For his Valentine's Day concert there, he is playing a Stradivarius that's been loaned to him.

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(Excerpt) Read more at dispatch.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: classicalmusic; davidgarrett; gbguadagnini; oops
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To: RDTF

Carried it over his shoulder???
....a million dollar fiddle????
Most folks would think to be careful...
Most folks don’t have such concerns.


101 posted on 02/14/2008 5:30:32 PM PST by G Larry (HILLARY CARE = DYING IN LINE!)
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To: holymoly
Don't forget to use this for some of the tougher broken spots.
102 posted on 02/14/2008 5:30:50 PM PST by Cecily
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To: RDTF

I have never been so envious of a musical instrument in my life! Geez louise....put me where that fiddle is....


103 posted on 02/14/2008 5:31:09 PM PST by najida (I am so grateful that stupid isn't contagious.)
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To: najida

did you watch the one I just posted - black and white video playing Carmen Fantasia ? holy cow


104 posted on 02/14/2008 5:33:15 PM PST by RDTF (kill the terrorists, punch the hippies)
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To: RDTF

That’s what I was referring too....I have a frozen bottle of water thawing out on my head now.


105 posted on 02/14/2008 5:34:02 PM PST by najida (I am so grateful that stupid isn't contagious.)
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To: gusopol3

Sept. 2005 - “luckily” I only busted my knee, not a violin.


106 posted on 02/14/2008 5:38:31 PM PST by ironmaidenPR2717 (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out? Will Rogers)
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To: najida

I’ll buy that CD!


107 posted on 02/14/2008 5:38:32 PM PST by RDTF (kill the terrorists, punch the hippies)
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To: ironmaidenPR2717

Vanessa Mae plays a white one, all hooked up to an amp! He needs to pocket $950,000 and buy himslef somehting nice with the other $50,000.


108 posted on 02/14/2008 5:41:11 PM PST by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: Cindy

pinging you to a little diversion from all that scary stuff...


109 posted on 02/14/2008 5:44:42 PM PST by RDTF (kill the terrorists, punch the hippies)
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To: TNdandelion
I see he makes you stutter :-)
110 posted on 02/14/2008 5:46:33 PM PST by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: holymoly
...what could be better for cleaning 1-million dollar violins than Kaboom?

I was just telling my wife that just last week.

111 posted on 02/14/2008 5:47:00 PM PST by Petronski (Confutatis novus ordum: Nominatis asinus, flammis acribus addictis!)
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To: RDTF
Pete Townshend asks, "What's the big deal?"


112 posted on 02/14/2008 5:52:07 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: najida

so is he American or British??


113 posted on 02/14/2008 5:56:44 PM PST by RDTF (kill the terrorists, punch the hippies)
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To: RDTF

He can come and fiddle at my house anytime!


114 posted on 02/14/2008 5:57:00 PM PST by netmilsmom (Giving up "Hairspray" and the cast for Lent. Prayers appreciated!)
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To: RDTF

German

http://www.david-garrett-fans.com/english/biography.html


115 posted on 02/14/2008 5:58:33 PM PST by RDTF (kill the terrorists, punch the hippies)
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To: netmilsmom

hey!


116 posted on 02/14/2008 5:58:51 PM PST by RDTF (kill the terrorists, punch the hippies)
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To: Cailleach

ping


117 posted on 02/14/2008 6:05:42 PM PST by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we write in marble. JHuett)
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To: RDTF

What a nice talented young man he is. My, my, my. XD


118 posted on 02/14/2008 6:05:44 PM PST by netmilsmom (Giving up "Hairspray" and the cast for Lent. Prayers appreciated!)
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To: RDTF

There goes the hoedown.


119 posted on 02/14/2008 6:07:12 PM PST by CaptRon (Pedicaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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To: RDTF

Hey, I was thinking about it and I think you should have a ping list. And a really clever name for it.

Thanks for the ping, Fearless Leader!


120 posted on 02/14/2008 6:09:03 PM PST by netmilsmom (Giving up "Hairspray" and the cast for Lent. Prayers appreciated!)
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