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(NJ.com) Fail Bad: Leaving your umbrella on the bus. Worse: Leaving your phone on the bus. Worst: Leaving a rare violin valued at $172K on the bus   (nj.com) divider line 35
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urban.derelict
2011-12-24 12:10:51 AM
Why does this happen about every 10 years?
 
Bucky Katt [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 12:17:35 AM
It happened to me just last week. Trifecta in play?
 
Sid_6.7 [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 01:07:56 AM
If I was carrying around an instrument that cost more than I paid for my house, I'd be a bit more careful.
 
Bagelox-99
2011-12-24 02:41:09 AM
News: leaving $172,000 violin on bus
Who Gives A Shiat: leaving $172,000 viola on bus
 
Ed Finnerty [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 03:44:02 AM
www.anvari.org

Hey Brandine! I done found one a them Luckprechaun guitars.
 
johnsoninca [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 04:10:50 AM
Sid_6.7: If I was carrying around an instrument that cost more than I paid for my house, I'd be a bit more careful.

Or maybe go with a cheaper one and get a car.
 
I_Am_Weasel [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 06:13:15 AM
Recovery of violins can be a fiddly business, but you probably should have handcuffed it to yourself if you're taking Megabus.

/Is this some kind of bus?
 
Le Geno Vert
2011-12-24 07:29:58 AM
urban.derelict: Why does this happen about every 10 years?

it happens more frequently than that, strangely enough.

I think wiki or some similar site has a history of the most famous/expensive instruments like Strads and Guarnieri's, complete with the number of times they've been lost, stolen, damaged, etc. - it makes for a fun read if you're a music geek.
 
Dadoody
2011-12-24 07:30:36 AM
Just ask Vincenzo Jorio to make a new one. I don't see the problem.
 
Happy Hours [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 07:31:13 AM
Sid_6.7: If I was carrying around an instrument that cost more than I paid for my house, I'd be a bit more careful.

It was a loaner. My initial reaction was similar and also if you had a violin that expensive why would you be taking a bus?

Nope, some idiots thought it was a good idea to loan a poor college student a really expensive instrument.

It will be interesting to see what happens. Is it going to be traded for crack and rot in some crack dealers home? Sold at a pawn shop for $150? End up in the hands of a homeless man on the street?
 
KNaBisco [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 07:43:17 AM
urban.derelict: Why does this happen about every 10 years?

Insurance scam? If I had a $100k + instrument in my possession, it would be tethered to me at all times. Hell, here's what Metra said of Rachel Barton in her lawsuit against them for the loss of her goddamn leg.

"Metra argued that she made the choice not to extricate her arm from the strap of the violin case due to the value of the instrument, a 400-year-old Amati valued at around $500,000, and thus she carried most of the blame for her injuries."
 
mikdeetx
2011-12-24 07:58:41 AM
Too much violins on TV lately. We really need to not have such violins.
 
jso2897 [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 08:22:18 AM
mikdeetx: Too much violins on TV lately. We really need to not have such violins.

There's too much sax, as well, IMHO.
 
IanMoone
2011-12-24 08:27:16 AM
This gets greenlit after the fact?

THEY ALREADY RECOVERED THE VIOLIN.

The bus company had found it, but it in a storage depot, and forgot to check it after it was reported missing. The next day a custodian noticed it in the depot, and it's already been returned to the student. The violin belongs to the people of Taiwan, who loaned it to her?

But my question is why is the student so groggy? Even after the bus ride the reporters have commented that the student is very fatigued....
 
Mark Ratner [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 08:34:24 AM
Tell you what, I got a buddy of mine who's an expert on antique violins.

/this would look great in the shop, but I gotta get it for the right price
 
NationalHero
2011-12-24 08:54:26 AM
IanMoone: This gets greenlit after the fact?

THEY ALREADY RECOVERED THE VIOLIN.

If by "they" you mean Albert went and asked Mr. Wizard, then you're right!
1.bp.blogspot.com
 
nytmare
2011-12-24 09:29:00 AM
More Stradivariuses have been lost or stolen than there are Stradivariuses.
 
Satanic_Hamster
2011-12-24 09:42:04 AM
KNaBisco: Insurance scam? If I had a $100k + instrument in my possession, it would be tethered to me at all times. Hell, here's what Metra said of Rachel Barton in her lawsuit against them for the loss of her goddamn leg.

Suggests hand cuffing it to your wrist:
i2.listal.com
 
IanMoone
2011-12-24 10:10:30 AM
NationalHero: IanMoone:

If by "they" you mean Albert went and asked Mr. Wizard, then you're right!
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All we need now is for the company to use a flamethrower to keep people at bay!

Thanks for the chuckle!

/should go watch Bruce Lee right now
//or listen to Elvis
 
blackhonda [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 10:11:55 AM
Le Geno Vert: urban.derelict: Why does this happen about every 10 years?

it happens more frequently than that, strangely enough.

I think wiki or some similar site has a history of the most famous/expensive instruments like Strads and Guarnieri's, complete with the number of times they've been lost, stolen, damaged, etc. - it makes for a fun read if you're a music geek.

Can you post the link, can't find it
 
destrip
2011-12-24 10:25:28 AM
There are much stranger violin stories out there:

Strad Found at Side of Freeway in LA in 1967 (new window)
 
Mr. Cat Poop
2011-12-24 10:27:48 AM
Came for DC Cab, leaving satisfied.

/Don't let your dick run your life.
 
jtown
2011-12-24 10:41:54 AM
thefreegeorge.com

/feels your pain
 
iaazathot
2011-12-24 10:46:52 AM
mikdeetx: Too much violins on TV lately. We really need to not have such violins.

I will swallow him!
 
Trance750 [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 10:46:53 AM
If you can afford a $172,000 musical instrument, then why is your ass riding in a bus?
 
iaazathot
2011-12-24 10:50:29 AM
A friend of mine has a Stradivarius. I am pretty sure he would shoot himself in the head if he lost it, or just go into an irrecoverable catatonic state, because his father bought it for him.
 
cptjeff [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 11:18:03 AM
I have a friend whose violin cost more than his car.

Not really much more than that to add, but a 10k violin isn't anything to sneeze at.
 
BumpInTheNight
2011-12-24 12:05:39 PM
jso2897: mikdeetx: Too much violins on TV lately. We really need to not have such violins.

There's too much sax, as well, IMHO.

They are cymbals of a decaying society for sure.
 
grinding_journalist
2011-12-24 12:09:44 PM
I dunno if I'd call a $172k violin a "rare" one just going by value- most professional orchestral musicians in significant orchestras have instruments valued in excess of 100k- hell, my mom (violinist) has BOWS worth $25-30k.

Also, 100% of these people have instrument insurance. If your career is dependent on an instrument, you get in insured.
 
ritalinchild 54
2011-12-24 12:16:30 PM
destrip: There are much stranger violin stories out there:

Strad Found at Side of Freeway in LA in 1967 (new window)

Thanks for that link!

Amazing story, the author should have been a poet.
 
Chevello
2011-12-24 01:49:36 PM
BumpInTheNight: jso2897: mikdeetx: Too much violins on TV lately. We really need to not have such violins.

There's too much sax, as well, IMHO.

They are cymbals of a decaying society for sure.

I'm mostly disturbed by the people who are so against sex with miners. I mean really, those poor fellows work hard, down there in the ground and chance death every day. Why shouldn't they be allowed to have sex?
 
FlyingJ
2011-12-24 02:19:03 PM
I kan haz Chinatown(by way of London)Bus Thread for Christmas?
www.audiophileusa.com
 
Contents Under Pressure
2011-12-24 02:35:10 PM
I own a musical instrument worth 1% of that instrument and I carry it like a baby whenever I take it somewhere. I just don't let it out of my sight.
 
Sid_6.7 [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 03:38:22 PM
grinding_journalist: I dunno if I'd call a $172k violin a "rare" one just going by value- most professional orchestral musicians in significant orchestras have instruments valued in excess of 100k- hell, my mom (violinist) has BOWS worth $25-30k.

Also, 100% of these people have instrument insurance. If your career is dependent on an instrument, you get in insured.

Violins in that price range might not be rare, but a single violin from that price range could itself be rare based on where/when/by whom it was made.
 
Bagelox-99
2011-12-24 08:54:04 PM
cptjeff: I have a friend whose violin cost more than his car.

Not really much more than that to add, but a 10k violin isn't anything to sneeze at.

I have a friend with a contrabass saxophone. It not only cost more than his car, he had to trade in on a minivan because the sax wouldn't fit. It's like 6'7" tall, it doesn't come apart, and it's totally useless outside of large gatherings of sax players.
 
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