Bach played on $10m 'The Kreutzer' Stradivarius violin

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Stradivarius violin auction:

A rare 1731 Stradivarius violin found at Manhattan home of Huguette Clark, late heiress to $500m copper fortune, is expected to fetch $10m at auction. Listen to violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen play Bach on the instrument.



A 1731 Stradivarius violin known as "The Kreutzer" after its former owner, French violinist Rodolphe Kreutzer, has been discovered in a closet, and is now expected to auction for between $7.5 million and $10m, the New York Post reported.