Tessa Lark's Stradivarius plays Bach just as easily as Bill Monroe BY TOM NETHERLAND SPECIAL TO THE HERALD COURIER Nov 12, 2015 Nov 12, 2015 Updated Apr 18, 2019 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BY TOM NETHERLAND SPECIAL TO THE HERALD COURIER In Manhattan within a small apartment on a bed lay a million dollar Stradivarius violin on Tuesday afternoon.kA DEJ=6lQ>2C8:?i _:? _:? _AEjQmkDA2? DEJ=6lQ7@?E\72>:=Ji %:>6D }6H #@>2?j 7@?E\D:K6i D>2==jQm“#:89E ?@H :E’D @? >J xztp 7C2>6 365[” D2:5 %6DD2 {2C<] “|J 6J6D 2C6 >@DE 567:?:E6=J @? :E]”k^DA2?mk^AmkA DEJ=6lQ>2C8:?i _:? _:? _AEjQmkDA2? DEJ=6lQ7@?E\72>:=Ji %:>6D }6H #@>2?j 7@?E\D:K6i D>2==jQmr@>6 }@G] `c @? 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