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> Man Leaves £180k Violin On Train!, Oh Dear
Baggio
post Apr 14 2008, 07:40 PM
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A £10,000 reward is being offered for the return of a valuable 17th Century violin which was left on a train.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7345923.stm
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post Apr 14 2008, 07:50 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) I'm cross enough because my cello's broken and it's not even mine and is probably worth like 1/5000 of that! I hope he gets it back.
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post Apr 14 2008, 08:45 PM
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If I owned a violin like that I would never let it out of my sight. Put it on the seat next to me and padlock mself to it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Apr 14 2008, 09:59 PM
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What does he mean 'he was trying to behave normally' - it was a violin not a bomb! Or do people with violins act a bit odd? Or does he mean people with violins are a tad forgetful.

Anyway - more money than sense springs to mind (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Apr 14 2008, 10:15 PM
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well if i found that violin i know i wouldn't turn it in for 10K lol... more like sell it for 180K.
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post Apr 14 2008, 10:48 PM
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Hope you're joking, hello_cello! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

I can't quite believe that anyone would be daft enough to forget a violin they'd just had valued at so much! I mean, if you'd just "won" £180,000, would you really forget about it so quickly? Sounds a bit fishy to me, but perhaps I'm a cynic!
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post Apr 14 2008, 11:31 PM
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QUOTE(BerkshireMum @ Apr 14 2008, 11:48 PM) *

Hope you're joking, hello_cello! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

I can't quite believe that anyone would be daft enough to forget a violin they'd just had valued at so much! I mean, if you'd just "won" £180,000, would you really forget about it so quickly? Sounds a bit fishy to me, but perhaps I'm a cynic!


Well, after the whole country was led a merry dance about 'the missing girl' - it did cross my mind that...the auctioneer might not exist or the violin - if it did exist - was only worth 10 quid. It does seem very farfetched to just forget it - especially after he'd put so much effort into 'acting normal' it must have crossed his mind that he was trying to 'act normal' for some reason. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) I'm finding it very hard to drum up sympathy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drummer.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Apr 15 2008, 06:45 AM
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I read this story with a sinking heart - the late Elizabeth Hunt who owned the violin was my teacher! She had a 'teaching' violin and the Gofriller was her 'performing' violin so the times when she played it in lessons were really special. I don't think I was ever allowed to touch it, let alone play it but I remember it really well!

So the violin definitely exists! But I'm not in touch with her family so I don't have any inside info on the rest of the story.
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post Apr 15 2008, 08:03 AM
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QUOTE(BerkshireMum @ Apr 14 2008, 11:48 PM) *

I can't quite believe that anyone would be daft enough to forget a violin they'd just had valued at so much! I mean, if you'd just "won" £180,000, would you really forget about it so quickly? Sounds a bit fishy to me, but perhaps I'm a cynic!


But it does sound like the sort of thing my husband would do (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) - maybe it's a man thing?
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post Apr 15 2008, 08:22 AM
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QUOTE(Alicia Ocean @ Apr 15 2008, 09:03 AM) *

QUOTE(BerkshireMum @ Apr 14 2008, 11:48 PM) *

I can't quite believe that anyone would be daft enough to forget a violin they'd just had valued at so much! I mean, if you'd just "won" £180,000, would you really forget about it so quickly? Sounds a bit fishy to me, but perhaps I'm a cynic!


But it does sound like the sort of thing my husband would do (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) - maybe it's a man thing?

Mine too! He has done the same thing with a clarinet - and with a frozen haggis... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

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post Apr 15 2008, 10:19 AM
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I have left my violin in incredibly stupid places...so not a man thing. Problem is, I don't think people think about their instrument in terms of cost much. I don't - I obviously value it hugely, but I also don't treat it as carefully as I would if I had £x inside my case...if I did I would never take it anywhere or play it. Poor guy.
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post Apr 15 2008, 11:46 AM
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QUOTE(willobie @ Apr 15 2008, 09:22 AM) *

Mine too! He has done the same thing with a clarinet - and with a frozen haggis... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) sorry, but being Scottish, I can't help thinking how relieved the haggis was.... (and of course you can't 'freeze' a haggis because they live at such low temperatures on the Scottish mountains that mere human-freezers are a day on the beach to them (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) )
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post Apr 15 2008, 11:59 AM
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QUOTE(lottie @ Apr 15 2008, 12:46 PM) *

QUOTE(willobie @ Apr 15 2008, 09:22 AM) *

Mine too! He has done the same thing with a clarinet - and with a frozen haggis... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) sorry, but being Scottish, I can't help thinking how relieved the haggis was.... (and of course you can't 'freeze' a haggis because they live at such low temperatures on the Scottish mountains that mere human-freezers are a day on the beach to them (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) )

I felt more sorry for the person who must have discovered it... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

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post Apr 15 2008, 05:36 PM
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Don't see why he had to put it on the luggage rack - I always keep my violin with me and it's worth under £500! Oh well, bit late for comments like that now I suppose!
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post Apr 15 2008, 07:24 PM
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QUOTE(Baggio @ Apr 14 2008, 08:40 PM) *

A £10,000 reward is being offered for the return of a valuable 17th Century violin which was left on a train.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7345923.stm


Yes, I heard about that. I saw it in the newspaper. I would NEVER leave my instrument, ANYWHERE!! I love it too much!! I hope the person who has it will hand it in!!

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