Videos of Almond playing the Lipinski at the link.
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Yeah, driving off with it on top of the car would be just my style too ;-) Glad it is back where it belongs, although I’m still suspicious there is a yet-unknown “orchestrator” behind this theft.
Lucky the thugs didn’t burn the evidence since it’d be far too hot to hock.
It was the lowly officers who found it, not the chief. Offer them the lessons.
unintended part of the story is that Congresswoman Gwen Moore D (W) got some face time due to son Supreme Solar relationship with Universal both of the Allah family.
http://fox6now.com/2014/02/07/charges-filed-against-two-suspects-in-stolen-stradivarius-violin/
Three suspects are now in custody in the theft of a rare $5 million violin. One of those suspects has ties to US Congresswoman Gwen Moore’s (Democrat-Wis.) son Sowande A. Omokunde, known publicly by his alias ‘Supreme Solar Allah.’
Moore’s son, Supreme Allah, was convicted in 2005 of criminal damage to property after he and 3 others slashed the tires of vans rented by the Republican Party of Wisconsin. These vans were meant to transport the elderly and disabled to voting stations.
and ..
http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268748/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=EnxaajYm
HOORAY. I was totally wrong when I predicted this stolen violin was kindling and would not be recovered. I’m glad I was.
Stealing one makes the violin useless. It can not be played in public and every dealer in the world knows what they are looking at when one is brought in to be repaired. Repair and upkeep is a constant requirement for old instruments.
The only place a stolen Strad could go is into a private collection and sit.....which is horrible on the violin. Even then, the violin would need check ups every so often to keep the seams from separating and making sure cracks do not form.
THESE WERE THE DUMBEST THIEVES ON EARTH WITH NO CLUE HOW USELESS TO THEM THE STRAD WAS.