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VENEZUELA: MUSICIAN PLEADS FOR RETURN OF STOLEN 18TH CENTURY VIOLIN
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The Spanish owner of an 18th-century violin that was stolen in Venezuela has made a plea to the thieves not to play the fragile instrument and to return it immediately.
The 500-thousand-dollar (U-S) Guadagnini was stolen from a hotel room at the Caracas Hilton on Sunday while musician Felix Ayo was eating lunch downstairs.
Ayo says the violin was insured in Italy and its thieves will have difficulties to sell it because of its uniqueness.
Spanish musician Felix Ayo has been rehearsing for his next concert with a borrowed violin.
His G-B Guadagnini was stolen from his room Sunday at the Caracas Hilton.
Ayo was eating lunch downstairs at the time of the robbery.
The violin was crafted in 1774 by a student of Stradivarius, and it's quality is considered to be in the same league.
It's estimated value is 500-thousand dollars (U-S).
Venezuelan President Rafael Caldera has ordered an all-out search by police.
Police have already detained two hotel employees, though charges had not yet been filed.
Since the theft, the 63-year-old musician has played using a violin owned by one of his pupils - the Spanish Ambassador to Venezuela.
So far no ransom has been demanded and Ayo has been flooded with calls from people trying to sell him a new violin.
For Ayo, the violin represents a lifetime of work and dedication.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
This signifies 40 years of my life that I have worked to obtain this violin. I began working from the age of 10 for my violin - not this one the one that was stolen, but with more inferior ones. Little by little, working and saving, at the age of 50 I bought this instrument after 40 years of work.
SUPER CAPTION: Felix Ayo, Violinist
Ayo believes the thieves did not know the real value of the instrument.
He has requested that the thieves keep the fragile violin inside the case and avoid playing it.
Ayo says the violin was insured in Italy by a Swiss company.
He claims it would be difficult to sell since every detail would be fully identified by the insurance company.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
It is an instrument that has many photographs so that all the luthiers (violin makers), violinists know it and know whose it is. So this gentleman - if he hears this - what I want for his own good - I'm naturally not interested in him going to jail - what I care about is the return of my violin. It is my voice and 40 years of my work.
SUPER CAPTION: Felix Ayo, Violinist
The violinist had planned to sell the instrument in Japan when he retired.
In the meantime, police continue their search while Ayo tries to prepare for Friday night's concert with the borrowed violin he's kept with him at all times as if it was part of his body.
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