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Violinist falls, fracturing $1 million 1772 fiddle




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.

Garrett gained attention as a child prodigy. Before he was 10, he
played as a soloist with the London Philharmonic, according to his Web
site. When he studied at the Juilliard School in New York, he became a
parttime model to help supplement his income.

[woland99]

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Can anyone relate to this ?
Violinist falls, fracturing $1 million 1772 fiddle
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.
Garrett gained attention as a child prodigy. Before he was 10, he
played as a soloist with the London Philharmonic, according to his Web
site. When he studied at the Juilliard School in New York, he became a
parttime model to help supplement his income.

That is insane. No piece of wood is worth $1 million. Instead
of repairing it somebody should run complete analysis on remains
and copy it. And render all those Stradivari worthless.

[David J. Littleboy]

Post by woland99
That is insane. No piece of wood is worth $1 million.

You could say the same thing about canvas with paint daubbed on it.

Post by woland99
Instead
of repairing it somebody should run complete analysis on remains
and copy it. And render all those Stradivari worthless.

They've been trying to do that for years. (Violins are easily disassembled
and analyzed.) And not succeeding.

One theory (that I've probably mentioned before) has it that all the good
violins were made from _one_ tree.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

[woland99]

Post by David J. Littleboy

Post by woland99
That is insane. No piece of wood is worth $1 million.

You could say the same thing about canvas with paint daubbed on it.

Post by woland99
Instead
of repairing it somebody should run complete analysis on remains
and copy it. And render all those Stradivari worthless.

They've been trying to do that for years. (Violins are easily disassembled
and analyzed.) And not succeeding.
One theory (that I've probably mentioned before) has it that all the good
violins were made from _one_ tree.
David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

There is hope:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stradivarius#Theories_and_reproduction_attempts
Texas A&M University biochemist Joseph Nagyvary succeeded in making a
violin somewhere near the quality of a Stradivari by leaving the wood
to soak in brine.[7] Because of the lack of land in Venice, during
that period imported wood was often stored in the seawater of the
Venetian Lagoon, where a type of decomposition had a slight effect on
the wood. Nagyvary managed to acquire wood shavings from a
Stradivarius violin, and under a microscope he found the natural
filter plates in the pores between the tracheids were gone. He also
treated the wood with a preparation of borax in the manner of
Stradivari, who used it to prevent infestation.

By late 2003, Nagyvary refined his techniques and produced a violin
that was tested in a duel with the Leonardo da Vinci Stradivarius of
1725.[8] Both violins were played in each of four selections of music
by violinist Dalibor Karvay behind a screen to an audience of 600
attended by 160 trained musicians and 303 regular concert goers. This
was the first public comparison of a Stradivari with a contemporary
instrument before a large audience where the audience would cast
ballots on the performance quality of each violin. The consensus was
that Nagyvary's instrument surpassed the Stradivarius in each category
by a small margin.

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Can anyone relate to this ?
Violinist falls, fracturing $1 million 1772 fiddle
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.
Garrett gained attention as a child prodigy. Before he was 10, he
played as a soloist with the London Philharmonic, according to his Web
site. When he studied at the Juilliard School in New York, he became a
parttime model to help supplement his income.<

He probably had it in a gig bag.

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Post by kitekrazy

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Can anyone relate to this ?
Violinist falls, fracturing $1 million 1772 fiddle
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.
Garrett gained attention as a child prodigy. Before he was 10, he
played as a soloist with the London Philharmonic, according to his Web
site. When he studied at the Juilliard School in New York, he became a
parttime model to help supplement his income.<

He probably had it in a gig bag.

Gourmet toothpicks anyone ?

[Paul P]

Post by kitekrazy
He probably had it in a gig bag.

Yeah, I was going to say it wasn't much of a case.

Paul P

[Formerly Sideways]

On Feb 15, 6:45 am, Paul P <***@b.com> wrote:

Well, there you go. He should have left that for home and studio and
gigged with a Yamaha beater...

[JonD]

Post by Paul P

Post by kitekrazy
He probably had it in a gig bag.

Yeah, I was going to say it wasn't much of a case.
Paul P

Didn't Mark Kleinhaut drive over his PRS once? And it
survived...Surely Hiscox or someone similar make a decent violin
case. This guy David Garrett must be the Zoolander of the classical
scene. $1million for a violin, $15 for a case.

Jon
www.jondelaney.com

[Des Higgins]

Post by JonD

Post by Paul P

Post by kitekrazy
He probably had it in a gig bag.

Yeah, I was going to say it wasn't much of a case.
Paul P

Didn't Mark Kleinhaut drive over his PRS once? And it
survived...Surely Hiscox or someone similar make a decent violin
case. This guy David Garrett must be the Zoolander of the classical
scene. $1million for a violin, $15 for a case.
Jonwww.jondelaney.com

That's nothin; I once left my genuine 1964 strat on the barby one
evening after too many beers and was woken up by rain which had put
the fire out and the guitar was ok apart from some pretty bad bubbling
of the paint on the back and a strong smell of smoke and burnt
suausages.

Des

[Gerry]

Post by Des Higgins
That's nothin; I once left my genuine 1964 strat on the barby one
evening after too many beers and was woken up by rain which had put
the fire out and the guitar was ok apart from some pretty bad bubbling
of the paint on the back and a strong smell of smoke and burnt
suausages.

That happens almost every time I put my guitar on a barbecue!

[Tim]

Gerry

Post by Des Higgins
That's nothin; I once left my genuine 1964 strat on the barby one
evening after too many beers and was woken up by rain which had put
the fire out and the guitar was ok apart from some pretty bad bubbling
of the paint on the back and a strong smell of smoke and burnt
suausages.

That happens almost every time I put my guitar on a barbecue!

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Post by JonD
This guy David Garrett must be the Zoolander of the classical
scene. $1million for a violin, $15 for a case.

But you can bet that case looked damned cool.

- Anderson

[Tim]

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Can anyone relate to this ?
Violinist falls, fracturing $1 million 1772 fiddle
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.
Garrett gained attention as a child prodigy. Before he was 10, he
played as a soloist with the London Philharmonic, according to his Web
site. When he studied at the Juilliard School in New York, he became a
parttime model to help supplement his income.<

He probably had it in a gig bag.
.......
If it was worth that much I think I’d have it in a flight case.

[Bill Ribas]

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Violinist falls, fracturing $1 million 1772 fiddle

the worst part for him will be going to Violin Center and getting a
replacement violin from a staff that knows nothing about the instrument.

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