Customs officers at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, seized Raphaël
Merlin’s cello on the morning of 27 April. The cellist was returning to
his native France after a US tour with the Ébène Quartet. He has still
not recovered the 1680 Andrea Guarneri instrument (pictured, with
Merlin), which he has played for the past four and a half years.
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