Michael stern, one of three grown children of the late violinist Isaac Stern, knew something was amiss after a call from a violist he knew in the Philadelphia Orchestra. His friend told him to check out a Web site that was auctioning off several rare instruments. "It's your dad's stuff," he said. Michael, the music director of the Kansas City Symphony, couldn't believe what he was hearing. "That's not possible," he said.
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