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Virtuoso violinist falls, fracturing his million dollar fiddle

Associated Press - February 14, 2008 2:43 PM ET

LONDON (AP) - Cue the violin for the story of a million-dollar instrument damaged when a virtuoso took a spill.

That virtuoso is David Garrett, a former model known as the David Beckham of the classical scene.

Garrett says the violin was in a case over his shoulder when he fell backwards down a flight of concrete stairs in London.

He says he bought the 1772 violin (a Guadagnini) for a million dollars in 2003. He's hoping it can be fixed in New York.

He's not sure it'll work. But, Garrett says, it is insured.

For a Valentine's Day concert, he's making do with a borrowed Stradivarius.

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