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Violinist fractures fiddle in fall down stairs
Can his fractured fiddle - a million-dollar Guadagnini - be fixed? It's too early to tell.
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- Published: 00:32 February 16, 2008
London: 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 on 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 (Dh3.6 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.
The accident occurred on December 27 but only became known this week when he returned to London for another concert at the Barbican and told British reporters what had happened.
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