ALBANY â The Good Life City has a Grinch with an apparent ear for music.
Alex Reshetnichenko, the lead violinist for both the Albany and Valdosta Symphony Orchestras, who has been teaching orchestra in Albany for more than two decades, has been missing a classic violin, its case and two bows since mid-July. Reshetnichenko describes the missing instrument as âa work of Alfredo Contino, 1920.â He adds that also missing is âa nice violin case with the violin and two bows: one bow is a work of Hermann Richard Pfretzschner, another one is a Coda carbon fiber bow.â
Reshetnichenko said that someone may have the violin who is not aware of its ownership, since there is no contact information in the missing case. He said he is willing to offer a $5,000 reward for the return of the instrument.