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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no you can't. He's a clod.
Thanks for the link..amazing young man. I had not heard of him before either.
He could have turned to answer someone behind him;been pushed;stuff happens.
Groundhog Daty Eve I took about two steps out of my car and went down hard on the ice ground;it happened so quickly I barely kept from hitting my face.A few years back ,a friend stepped out from his house and fell on unseen ice,struck his head and needed stitches.
Falls happen quickly and there isn't much to be done while you're falling.
After 200+ years, the glue joints on the violin must be pretty brittle. Bouncing it down a staircase, even in a case, would likely do a tune, so to speak, on the instrument.
What is a Louvre anyways?
Yes, but you have to clean the surface of the violin, before applying the Mighty Putty. And what could be better for cleaning 1-million dollar violins than Kaboom?
My reed organ needs the to have the hinges on the bellows replaced; probably the rubber cloth as well. Unfortunately, the gentleman who helped me with the last bunch of restoration died last year. I've read the instructions at the Reed Organ Society web page, but I was wondering if you'd have any additional ideas for suppliers or people in the Chicagoland area who might be able to help.
“Why are all the gorgeous ones gay?!?!”
Because us less than gorgeous guys convince you they are. ;>)
“I can’t entirely buy this story. I would think a hard case would provide better protection, and such a serious fall would have injured the violinist as well.”
Yep. Doesn’t pass the smell test.
Wanna get away?????
Ah HAH!
Thankyouverymuch...
I’m goin’ back to youtube do do some droolin’.
Hubba hubba
Hubba hubba
I'm not...
Yipes! Fabio with a stringed instrument.
Learn to play fiddle and come over :)
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