rare cello recovered!
how could an instrument - one of sixty cellos made 320 years ago by master instrumentmaker antonio stradivari - be left like a forgotten sack of groceries? in january, violinist gidon kremer forgot his US$3 million guarneri del gesu instrument on a train. in 1999, yo-yo ma left his own US$2,5 million stradivarius cello in a new york city taxi.the los angeles philharmonic was reunited tuesday with its priceless stradivarius cello three weeks after a clumsy thief stole it from the porch of the orchestra's principal cellist. the cello, slightly damaged, narrowly escaped being turned into a case for compact discs. it is now undergoing repairs and is expected to return to the stage of the walt disney concert hall in october.
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