May 19, 2004

Stolen Stradivarius

Interesting story of a very near miss in The Scotsman: bq. The £2 million instrument was returned to the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association on Monday after sitting unrecognised for days in the home of Melanie Stevens, 29, who found it on her way to visit a patient. bq. Stevens discovered the cello about a mile from where it was stolen, still inside its silver-coated plastic case. bq. Stevens asked her boyfriend, a cabinet maker, to either repair the instrument or convert it into a unique CD holder, police Detective Donald Hrycyk said yesterday. She said she did not know its significance until she noticed a news report on May 7. Unique CD holder indeed! Posted by DaveH at May 19, 2004 9:31 AM