Did you ever see Menuhin play Churchill’s cigar box?

Did you ever see Menuhin play Churchill’s cigar box?

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norman lebrecht

September 27, 2016

A violin made from one of Sir Winston Churchill’s old cigar boxes received its first airing in a US broadcast by Yehudi Menuhin in April 1958.

Made by the English violin maker William Robinson (1880-1960), it is coming up for sale next month.

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