When a €2 million, 244-year-old violin flew on her lap on ‘spooky’ flight

When a €2 million, 244-year-old violin flew on her lap on ‘spooky’ flight


“It was spooky and I died 10,000 deaths,” says musician Carolin Widmann, recalling a flight from Helsinki to Leipzig with a shudder.

At the airport in the Finnish capital, on reaching the Lufthansa check-in counter, she was told she could not take her 244-year-old violin, including its case and bows, onto the plane as hand luggage.



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