Stolen Strad Recovered In Dumpster

The Stradivarius cello stolen from a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic a few weeks ago has been recovered. A woman found it damaged in a dumpster and took it home, asking her boyfriend if he might be able to repair it. “The woman also told her boyfriend that if he couldn’t, the cello might make an unusual compact disc case. ‘Thank God my boyfriend doesn’t work too quickly on things of mine’.”