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post Nov 26 2007, 08:48 AM
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Michigan City musician, violin to be reunited
By Jeff Long | Tribune staff reporter
8:20 PM CST, November 25, 2007
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Digg Del.icio.us Facebook Fark Google Newsvine Reddit Yahoo Print Single page view Reprints Post Comment Text size: A Michigan City, Ind., musician plans to meet with police Monday to pick up the rare violin he reported stolen from the back seat of his car a week ago.

The instrument, made in 1892 by Jerome Squier in Boston, has been valued at $100,000 because of its superior sound quality, said violinist Nicolas Orbovich.

"It's got this tremendous balance of different characteristics," said Orbovich, 42, a violinist with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra. "You don't want a violin that has too much 'brightness,' or what you might call stridence or tinniness. And you don't want it too mellow either. You don't want it too much either way."




He bought the violin for $2,000 in 1985 when he was a student at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

"Back then, as a student, I didn't have a penny, and $2,000 might as well have been $2 million," he recalled. He managed to scrape together the money and has never owned another violin.

A professor of his found it in a Boston violin shop. Orbovich said it was an extremely good deal for the time, and that the value has appreciated because the sound quality of the instrument has improved over the years.

Michigan City police recovered it with the help of a Lake Station, Ind., pawn shop, said Orbovich's wife, Sunny.

"We will know more [Monday]," she said. "He got a call from the police Saturday morning that it had been found."

Orbovich reported the instrument stolen from his car Nov. 17. The unlocked vehicle was in a Wal-Mart parking lot for about five minutes, and when the musician returned, he discovered that the violin was missing.

At the time, he likened the theft to "losing an immediate family member."

Michigan City police confirmed Sunday that the instrument had been recovered, but no one involved in the investigation was available to provide further details.

Orbovich said he thought police had a suspect but had not yet made an arrest. He expected to learn more about how the instrument was found when he picks it up.

Orbovich's wife said he is ecstatic that it will soon be back home.

"We're happy," she said. "We're very happy."

Besides his work with the South Bend orchestra, Orbovich said he has performed with the Elgin Symphony, the Chicago Sinfonietta and the Illinois Philharmonic. He founded the Michigan City Chamber Music Festival.

A Chicago resident for 12 years, he has lived in Michigan City for the last nine years. He said he is excited to play his instrument again.

"The violin also had a very big sound," he said. "It was very loud. It was never hard to be heard from the back of the hall with it."

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post Nov 26 2007, 06:05 PM
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I'm glad the guy is getting it back! Did any of you guys read about a similar incident involving a Stratavarious left on the NYC subway. Somebody turned it in!


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post Nov 26 2007, 06:11 PM
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post Nov 27 2007, 10:30 PM
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Possibly the cruelest ND online poll I have seen: "Would you leave a $100k violin in an unlocked car?"
Can tomorrow's poll question be: "Would you pay $12 a month for this stupid rag?"


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post Nov 28 2007, 07:15 AM
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Do they have an option for "leave it on the hood of the car"?
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How about "Would you break into a car to steal a $100 grand violin?"


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