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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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: classicalmusic; davidgarrett; gbguadagnini; oops
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To: netmilsmom
A Hunkalicious Ping list???
I’m in!!!!
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02/14/2008 6:09:54 PM PST
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najida
(I am so grateful that stupid isn't contagious.)
To: netmilsmom; najida; Oorang
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02/14/2008 6:10:11 PM PST
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RDTF
(kill the terrorists, punch the hippies)
To: najida; netmilsmom
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02/14/2008 6:10:50 PM PST
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RDTF
(kill the terrorists, punch the hippies)
To: najida; RDTF
>>A Hunkalicious Ping list???<<
Oh yeah! I’m lovin’ this!
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02/14/2008 6:14:49 PM PST
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netmilsmom
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To: bill1952
I agree, the violin was old anyway.
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02/14/2008 6:15:40 PM PST
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tillacum
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To: bill1952
I agree, the violin was old anyway.
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02/14/2008 6:15:51 PM PST
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tillacum
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To: RDTF
Dang,
makes you just want to squeeze his cheeks, then reach up, grab his face and kiss him!
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posted on
02/14/2008 6:16:43 PM PST
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najida
(I am so grateful that stupid isn't contagious.)
To: RDTF
He is even darling when he speaks!
(but what’s with the blonde Asian guy?)
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02/14/2008 6:16:56 PM PST
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netmilsmom
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To: netmilsmom
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02/14/2008 6:17:22 PM PST
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RDTF
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To: netmilsmom
did you watch the B&W video?
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02/14/2008 6:18:58 PM PST
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RDTF
(kill the terrorists, punch the hippies)
To: RDTF
Yes! (she says breathlessly)
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02/14/2008 6:20:13 PM PST
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netmilsmom
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To: netmilsmom
glad I could give you your fix during lent :^)
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02/14/2008 6:21:47 PM PST
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RDTF
(kill the terrorists, punch the hippies)
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To: najida
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We're not.
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To: RDTF
You’re the best!
A friend of mine took a picture of herself in front of her “Enchanted” poster and made it her default on MySpace. That was just plain mean. LOL!
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02/14/2008 6:24:58 PM PST
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netmilsmom
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To: shibumi
Well,
you’re obviously not dead....
Married???
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posted on
02/14/2008 6:25:17 PM PST
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najida
(I am so grateful that stupid isn't contagious.)
To: najida
Didn’t read the profile all the way through, did you?
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02/14/2008 6:28:38 PM PST
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shibumi
(".....panta en pasin....." - Origen)
To: ironmaidenPR2717
you shoulda been Freeping that night.
To: shibumi
Didn’t even check it.... :)
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02/14/2008 6:29:39 PM PST
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najida
(I am so grateful that stupid isn't contagious.)
To: shibumi
You mean this...
>>Great Passions in My Life: My Wife, who I met through Divine Intervention 9 years ago, My two sons, 17&22, who I adopted as infants, Food and Music. <<
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02/14/2008 6:30:17 PM PST
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netmilsmom
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