A MUSICIAN has had a violin worth £17,000 stolen from her car.

The custom-made instrument was taken from a parked car in Kelvinside, Glasgow.

The Cain and Mann violin and Charles Bazin bow were stolen over the weekend.

The 56-year-old woman, a professional musician, left the instrument in her car in Beaconsfield Road. When she returned, she found the rare violin was gone.

A police spokesman said: "We received a report of a theft of a violin and bow from a motor vehicle in Beaconsfield Road, Glasgow. Inquiries are ongoing."

It is understood only around 30 instruments were made under the Cain and Mann label.

Detectives said the violin is "so specialist" that they do not have a picture to issue to the public.