[Gogar]

Heck yeah, get that violin out of storage. Anyone who thinks otherwise isn't thinking straight.

Being a musician myself I have seen lots of situations where a family member thought a certain instrument was priceless or worth a lot of money, and it's rarely the case.

If she has a kniption about it, then get it appraised again. If it's worth some real money that's great, but it would be a horrible thing to create family tension over a 20-year old fantasy value of something that's collecting dust.

Even if it is worth some money, it needs to get out of storage, and it makes all the sense in the world that your daughter should be able to play it, or at least be the new steward of it.