And a 200-year-old Lorenzo Ventapane violin, worth $175,000. For more than two years, federal prosecutors allege, Mark Meng stole high-end violins ... a pithy thank-you note and fleeing in a ...

This is the impressive moment a violin player used an onion as a bow ... executing smooth bow strokes with the plant, with the notes albeit sounding rustier than normal. He said: 'I broke my ...