Bizarre
Musician Falls and Breaks $1M Violin
In London, musician David Garrett tripped while carrying his 18th century violin as he was leaving London’s Barbican Hall after a performance, breaking it to pieces.
“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.
The 26-year old musician is hoping and praying that it can be fixed. But if it can’t be fixed, hopes his insurance policy will compensate him and allow him to get another really expensive fiddle.