<p>[Virtuoso’s</a> trip destroys priceless Stradivarius - News, Music - Independent.co.uk](<a href=“Virtuoso's trip destroys priceless Stradivarius | The Independent | The Independent”>Virtuoso's trip destroys priceless Stradivarius | The Independent | The Independent)</p>
<p>The title is incorrect. While irreparably damaging a priceless instrument is a horrible nightmare, every string player knows losing the ability to play is much worse.</p>
<p>I agree that the loss is tragic, the loss of the violinist, or even the loss of the use of his hand, arm, etc would have been worse. To fall down a flight of stairs onto one’s violin case could actually be considered a fortunate turn of events, given the consequences if he had had a harder landing.</p>
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Sounds like this guy considered smashing his violin worse than hurting himself.</p>
<p>I know of two violins that were run over by cars.</p>
<p>In each incident, the owners had set the instrument down behind the car while loading other equipment. Climbed in, backed up and crunch…</p>
<p>ugh…</p>
<p>David doesn’t have a strad, he has a Guadinigni.</p>
<p>Good catch, Vieux - Here’s the corrected article.
[The</a> Associated Press: Violinist: Fall Fractures $1M Fiddle](<a href=“http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j6SvefMLdaU6LadYGbquqXFeD4RQD8UQ8EC00]The”>http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j6SvefMLdaU6LadYGbquqXFeD4RQD8UQ8EC00)</p>
<p>by the way… this happened a while ago.</p>
<p>some people’s careers rely completely on press.</p>
<p>Vieux isn’t the only skeptic:</p>
<p>[violinist</a> trips, destroys Strad](<a href=“http://www.violinist.com/discussion/response.cfm?ID=13246]violinist”>violinist trips, destroys Strad)</p>
<p>BYW, this website may be of interest to any violinists (and their families) who haven’t discovered it!</p>
<p>I think the police report from the Dec 27 incident would be a revealing read.</p>