Police have appealed to the public to help recover a 285-year-old violin that was stolen from a North London pub back in February.
The violin – which dates from 1740 and was made by the illustrious Florentine instrument maker Lorenzo Carcassi - was last seen in the Marquess Tavern in Canonbury on February 18. The theft was reported by David López Ibáñez, a member of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s string section. But it is not his violin – it was loaned to him some eight years ago by an unnamed German businessman who wanted to help Ibáñez with his career.
