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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'Cause they can get in one night what all the straight guys get in one year. And they don't have to buy anyone dinner.
I think maybe it was but he fell on it down the stairs. Lucky he wasn’t hurt
Million dollar violin carried in the equal of a gunny sack ?
I don’t buy the story.......insurance scam !!!.....:o)
Homers who have a million dollar widget need to invest in a 200 dollar Pelican Case to transport it in !
Wow!
thanks
And he should find some fresh wine to drink for a change, too!
now you’re talkin! But they are too heavy for most people
Do it over until you can get it right.
A worthy fiddle tune, but I'm partial to Orange Blossom Special.
Pelican cases for my firearms, laptops, cameras, luggage etc ......good stuff !
Hope yer well RDTF !
Stay safe !
same to you dear!
Why do images of racehorses with broken legs and yachts burning in blue water come to mind?
LOL! I think Garrett was feeling creeped out during that interview..........I was, just watching it.
Me too, if we were neighbors we could take salsa classes together....LOL!
I promise I’d stomp your feet bloody (not on purpose, I’m just very bad with couples dancing). ;)
>>What dumb ass loaned him another one?<<
LOL! You can compare this to a test driver who wrecked a Lamborghini Murcielago on the highway, and another genius Lambo dealer gives him another to “test drive”.
Yea, hard to believe . A violin case keeps the instrument from moving at all . I assuming he had a decent case for a million dollar violin. Even in a decent case it wouldn’t shatter to pieces. Somethings funny here.
squeal!
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