A young Boston violinist got lucky when the 1835 Italian violin
she left on a bus was found and returned to her.
MuChien Hsieh, a Taiwanese student at the New England Conservatory,
had been travelling to Philadelphia on 20 December. When she
arrived at about 11pm she forgot to take the violin from the
overhead compartment. After realising her mistake she frantically
called the bus company but the bus had already left the
station.
Hsieh notified police, appealing for the safe return of the
Vincenzo Jorio violin, which was on loan from Taiwan's Chi-Mei
Culture Foundation and insured for $70,000. Police had suspected
that someone may have taken it without realising its value, but the
violin was found by bus company cleaners and was returned to a
relieved Hsieh on 23 December.
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