Quoting Hector Aguilar <[log in to unmask]>:

>I read in a related article that he lost the instrument after he left
>it outside his residence; a bicylist was seen making off with it.  Am
>I alone in thinking that the negligent cellist doesn't deserve to play
>on such a fine instrument?

There's more to this story than anyone is willing to disclose.

   http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0520/p01s01-ussc.html

A suitable chastisement may be to require him to play air cello at one
of more subscription concerts.

Ravi Narasimhan
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