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Goodwill returns accidentally donated Roy Acuff fiddle to owner

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A fiddle thought to once belong to country legend Roy Acuff was returned to its owners, after a member of the family that mistakenly donated it asked to have it returned.
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In this Wednesday, March 8, 2017 photo, the Ames Stradivarius violin is seen in New York. After a meticulous restoration that took more than a year, the Ames Stradivarius violin that was stolen from violinist Roman Totenberg is about to return to the stage. Violinist Mira Wang, a former student of Totenberg's, will play the instrument at a private concert in New York on March 13.
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In this Wednesday, March 8, 2017 photo, violinist Mira Wang plays the Ames Stradivarius violin in New York. After a meticulous restoration that took more than a year, the Stradivarius violin that was stolen from violinist Roman Totenberg is about to return to the stage. Wang, a former student of TotenbergÕs, will play the instrument at a private concert in New York on March 13.
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Phillip Injeian, a master violin maker with a shop in downtown Pittsburgh, describes information related to the stolen Stradivarius violin belonging to the late renowned violinist Roman Totenberg at a news conference August 6, 2015 in New York.
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Master violin maker, Phillip Injeian works in his downtown shop to restore a historic violin that had been donated to Carnegie Mellon University, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. Injeian, a preeminent expert in the violin was integral in the recovery of the famous 1734 ‘Ames’ Stradivarius that had been stolen from violinist Roman Totenberg in 1980.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A fiddle believed to be once owned by the late country music star Roy Acuff is back with its owners after it was accidentally donated to a Goodwill store in Missouri.

The instrument was anonymously donated. Goodwill of Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas put it up for auction Dec. 27.

The Kansas City Star reports that after bidding began, a member of the family that mistakenly donated the fiddle asked to have it returned.

Kevin Bentley is interim president and CEO of the Kansas City Goodwill organization. He says the item was given back because it was a family heirloom.

Acuff's fiddles were made by his uncle, Evart Acuff, who numbered each one. A sticker inside said the fiddle, No. 19, was handmade in August 1945 in Maryville, Tenn.