Stradivarius will be Heard for First Time Since 1980 Theft

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Violinist Mira Wang plays the Ames Stradivarius violin, that was stolen in 1980 from the late virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg, in the borough of Manhattan in New York, U.S., March 13, 2017. After a meticulous restoration that took more than a year, a Stradivarius violin that was stolen from violinist Roman Totenberg and missing for decades is about to return to the stage. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

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In this Wednesday, March 8, 2017 photo, Tatsuo Imaishi makes an adjustment on the Ames Stradivarius violin in New York. The violin known as the Ames Stradivarius is one of roughly 550 surviving instruments made by Antonio Stradivari, history's most renowned violin maker. Built in 1734, it's likely worth millions of dollars, although it hasn't been appraised since it was recovered. AP/Seth Wenig

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In this Wednesday, March 8, 2017 photo, Tatsuo Imaishi makes an adjustment on the Ames Stradivarius violin in New York. It was stolen in 1980 while Totenberg was greeting well-wishers after a performance in Boston, and wasn't recovered until 2015, three years after Totenberg died at age 102. AP/Seth Wenig

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In this Wednesday, March 8, 2017 photo, the Ames Stradivarius violin is seen in New York. The presumed thief, journeyman violinist Philip Johnson, was himself dying of pancreatic cancer when he showed his ex-wife a locked violin case in his basement. Nearly four years after his death, she took the violin inside the case for an appraisal and learned it was the stolen Stradivarius. It was soon returned to Totenberg's family. AP/Seth Wenig

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Violinist Mira Wang holds the Ames Stradivarius violin, that was stolen in 1980 from the late virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg, in the borough of Manhattan in New York, U.S., March 13, 2017. The violin disappeared in 1980 after a Totenberg performance in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The thief was an aspiring violinist who kept the Stradivarius hidden, patching some spots with glue. After his death, his ex-wife alerted authorities. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

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Violinist Mira Wang plays the Ames Stradivarius violin, that was stolen in 1980 from the late virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg, in the borough of Manhattan in New York, U.S., March 13, 2017. Mira Wang, a violinist who immigrated to the United States from China 30 years ago to study under Totenberg, will play the instrument at a private concert in New York on March 13, and more performances after that are possible. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

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