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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
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Comment #81 Removed by Moderator
To: MotleyGirl70
We can be just as juvenile as male Freepers too no you can't. He's a clod.
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posted on
02/14/2008 5:03:28 PM PST
by
gusopol3
To: MotleyGirl70
Thanks for the link..amazing young man. I had not heard of him before either.
To: proxy_user
Maybe the violin cushioned his fall?
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.
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posted on
02/14/2008 5:07:56 PM PST
by
hoosierham
(Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a creditcard?)
To: proxy_user
I would think a hard case would provide better protection... 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.
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posted on
02/14/2008 5:09:30 PM PST
by
6SJ7
To: RDTF
How do they know that those slivers of wood was the violin? I mean, the insurance company refused to take my word that the ashes I presented to them was what was left of my precious Mona Lisa painting.
What is a Louvre anyways?
To: Billthedrill
I think this is a English guy. I think he would be more of a Pancakes with Guus or The Last Macaroon type of guy.
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posted on
02/14/2008 5:09:48 PM PST
by
ThomasThomas
( John McCain a true BLUE conservative)
To: ElkGroveDan
Shows how much you know. That's KABOOM he's holding.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?
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posted on
02/14/2008 5:12:26 PM PST
by
holymoly
(Molon labe.)
To: 19th LA Inf
Sorry, wrong century for that stuff. I recently bought a lifetime supply (one pound) of genuine hide glue, made in New Jersey USA, to install a new neck on my banjo. That's what the old boys in the 1700s probably used to stick fiddles together. 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.
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posted on
02/14/2008 5:16:27 PM PST
by
supercat
To: najida
“Why are all the gorgeous ones gay?!?!”
Because us less than gorgeous guys convince you they are. ;>)
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posted on
02/14/2008 5:19:13 PM PST
by
Gator113
(America just traded away the possibility of a dream, for what is certain to be a nightmare.)
To: Beowulf9
Charlie could loan this English feller a fiddle.
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posted on
02/14/2008 5:19:46 PM PST
by
Cecily
To: proxy_user
“I cant 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.
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posted on
02/14/2008 5:22:04 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
To: RDTF
93
posted on
02/14/2008 5:22:53 PM PST
by
tpanther
To: Gator113
Ah HAH!
Thankyouverymuch...
I’m goin’ back to youtube do do some droolin’.
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posted on
02/14/2008 5:25:11 PM PST
by
najida
(I am so grateful that stupid isn't contagious.)
To: Oorang
95
posted on
02/14/2008 5:27:34 PM PST
by
TNdandelion
("I have no doubt that Sen. Clinton would make a good President"--John McCain)
To: Oorang
96
posted on
02/14/2008 5:27:39 PM PST
by
TNdandelion
("I have no doubt that Sen. Clinton would make a good President"--John McCain)
To: najida
97
posted on
02/14/2008 5:27:49 PM PST
by
RDTF
(kill the terrorists, punch the hippies)
To: najida
Why are all the gorgeous ones gay?!?!I'm not...
98
posted on
02/14/2008 5:29:23 PM PST
by
null and void
(President Hillary!™ Clinton? Time to invest in body bags. Again...)
To: RDTF
Yipes! Fabio with a stringed instrument.
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posted on
02/14/2008 5:29:45 PM PST
by
livius
To: null and void
Learn to play fiddle and come over :)
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posted on
02/14/2008 5:30:20 PM PST
by
najida
(I am so grateful that stupid isn't contagious.)
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