Re: $1.9 million Strad stolen while violinist checked her iPhone
If people play instruments, they carry them around. A young woman musician, who'd been awarded a year's loan of a priceless violin, said on the radio that she covered its case with "Hello Kitty" and similar stickers, so that if someone found it, they'd assume that it was a school kid's violin, not worth much. She added that if she was going to play it, she had to get used to transporting it around town. I tend to keep an eye on my things when I'm out in the world. A great many people around me don't, and I'm less than perfect about this habit -- I'm not likely to take my instruments to the washroom with me. Every year, the Toronto Transit Commission auctions off unclaimed violins and guitars found on buses and subway trains, and never claimed. By the way, as others have said, all the speculation here might inspire a good novel, but then Mandolin Cafe might demand a share of the royalties.
Last edited by Ranald; Apr-20-2022 at 5:14pm.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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