From his workshop in northwest suburban Prairie Grove fifth-generation master violin maker Paul Becker transforms wood, strings and glue into prized instruments that sell for $36,000. But none is ever likely to match the value of the $3 million Davidoff Stradivarius that was stolen from the New York apartment of famed violinist Erica Morini days before she died in 1995.
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