By Brian Wise It was prized, stolen, and patched up with Elmer’s glue—after serving as the violin of counts, generals, and at least one virtuoso. Its most notorious chapter began in 1980 when it vanished from the Cambridge, Massachusetts, office of violinist Roman Totenberg. No wonder that the 1734 “Ames, Totenberg” Stradivari generated so much … Continue reading A New Chapter Begins in the Tumultuous Life of the ‘Ames, Totenberg’ Stradivari