LONDON, April 15 (UPI) -- An elderly London gentleman said he was so awed by his first trip on a fast-rail service that he left his 17th century, $350,000 violin in the luggage rack.

LONDON, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- A Russian lawyer is believed to have paid the highest amount in history for a musical instrument when he bought an 18th-century violin in London this week.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Nov. 26 (UPI) -- An Indiana musician who had his $100,000 violin stolen got his rare instrument back Monday.

LANCASTER, Pa., Oct. 25 (UPI) -- In a story that tugs at the heart strings, a violin is being credited with perhaps saving the life of a Pennsylvania boy who was hit by a drunken driver.

NEW YORK, July 5 (UPI) -- A New York musician, who was robbed when he fell asleep on a subway platform, has recovered his $100,000 violin.

NEW YORK, March 29 (UPI) -- A Stradivarius violin worth $1 million or more is up for sale at Christie's auction house in New York.

CREMONA, Italy, March 5 (UPI) -- Italy's master violin makers said they are worried that the Chinese, who can turn out a violin, bow and case for $25 are now eyeing the more prestige market. For the professional, a violin or cello made in northern Italy's Cremona is the ultimate status s

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A U.S. graduate student has invented an electronic system to measure minute changes in the position, acceleration and strain of a violin bow.

NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- A violin discovered last month at a British Columbia museum has been deemed not to actually be a creation of famed violin-maker Antonio Stradivari. The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported that despite the presence of the label "Antonius Stradivarius Crem