Posted on 01/31/2014 7:37:57 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
A $100,000 reward was announced Friday for a priceless 300-year-old Stradivarius violin that was stolen in an armed robbery this week.
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond was attacked with a stun gun Monday and robbed of the violin, which has been on indefinite loan to him from its anonymous owners since 2008, a common practice in the music world.
The reward will be offered to anyone who can provide information that results in the safe return of the stolen violin. Officials declined to disclose Friday who, or what organization, is financing the reward.
Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn said the department welcomes the assistance of the reward, while Mark Niehaus, president and executive director of the symphony, expressed gratitude at the support given to the organization and Almond since the robbery.
"We are hopeful that this reward will aid in the recovery of this priceless treasure so that it may be enjoyed by Milwaukee's cultural community and the international arts world for years to come," Niehaus said in a statement.
A Milwaukee police spokesman confirmed Friday that Almond reported the robbers were a man and a woman. Investigators are reviewing security footage and following leads in the case, but no further information was available Friday.
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In 1962, the Lipinski Stradivarius was sold to Richard Anschuetz, a pianist in New York who spent summers in Milwaukee as a child. Anschuetz purchased it for his wife, the Estonian violinist and child prodigy Evi Liivak, with whom he had performed since the 1940s, according to the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
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Almond was attacked this week after a performance at Wisconsin Lutheran College. The robber fled to a nearby vehicle, described as a maroon or burgundy minivan driven by an accomplice. The violin case was found a short time after the robbery...
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Arg! First rule of comedy - get the punchline right.
nonsense, its only value is to the original owner for a ransom figure....if you steal the "MONA LISA" it would be pretty tough to pick up a few bucks for it at your local pawn shop.... the penalty for these crimes should be EXTRAORDINARLY SEVERE because they are just basically evil with no intention of physically gaining posession of the said object..steal it from me and I will kill you.
You guys are generous with the puns! That was a good one. Let’s hope the perps face the music.
Wow! That’s an interesting angle to the magic of Stradivarius. I looked them up on the web and was surprised to learn how many were made and how many are still played! And, as a previous poster on another thread added, how many have been stolen and never recovered!
I’m finished with these puns, so I think I’ll bow out.
“Let’s hope the perps face the music.”
Either string ‘em up or jail them and throw away the key.
I suspect that may be the case.
Given the value of that I place on fine musical instruments i cant imagine actually playing one that was acquired in such a manner.
That never crossed my mind
Thanks
This theft really angers me, more so perhaps than many others due to the nature of the relationship the between the violinist and his instrument.
I’d bet its far more personal that giving up ownership of ones cell phone...
Is that key major, or minor?
In a felony case it’s always a major.
In a felony case it’s always a major.
Three Arrested in Wisconsin Stradivarius Theft
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/three-arrested-wisconsin-stradivarius-theft-n23161
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This is really unfortunate because the violinist is the kind of person who plays often around the relatively small community. Wisconsin Lutheran College is a small college with a real focus on bringing traditional culture to the area.
Progress appears to have been made...
Three people have been arrested in connection with the theft of a concert violinist’s multimillion-dollar Stradivarius, the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office said on Wednesday.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Kent Lovern said he had no additional information about the arrests or whether the nearly 300-year-old violin had been recovered.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that police had taken the three suspects into custody on Monday.
Lovern said a decision on whether they would be charged could be made as soon as Thursday.
The Stradivarius was stolen from violinist Frank Almond last week, when the culprits used a stun gun on the musician after a concert in suburban Milwaukee.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/three-arrested-wisconsin-stradivarius-theft-n23161
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