GUARNERI VIOLIN LOANED FOR CONTEST
<i> From Associated Press </i>
WASHINGTON —
In an unprecedented gesture, the Library of Congress has loaned its prized “Kreisler-Guarneri” violin to the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, where it will be exhibited and played during the competition Sept. 6-21.
Fritz Kreisler presented his Guarneri violin to the library in 1952. The instrument was made in 1733 in Cremonia by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu.
When Kreisler donated the violin, its value was appraised at $60,000. Today, its estimated worth is more than $1 million.
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