A 310 year old violin returns to its owner

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Stephen Morris who plays a violin that was crafted by David Tecchler back in 1799 suffered some heavy heartbreak last month when he left his violin aboard a train in London England. Morris was lucky that the train where he lost his prized instrument had cameras onboard where one man named "Gene" picked up the violin out of the train. What amazes me is that even though the violin is worth over $323,000 dollars ($250,000 British pounds), Gene went to Twitter to contact Morris that he found his missing instrument, Gene made an arrangement to meet Morris at a local supermarket parking lot last Friday evening to return his violin safe and sound. Gene at the time of the return of the violin told Morris he was sorry for causing him any emotional harm that he went through when he lost his violin. Since Gene did return the violin back to Morris in front of the local police who witnessed the return of the violin, Gene was not taken into custody. I am sure that Stephen will learn his lesson not to leave his violin aboard a train ever again. Imagine that. A violin that is 310 years of age still being used a musician who works with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.