Violin with the Titanic (19 photos)

This old violin musician ship's orchestra, where musicians play to calm the passengers of the Titanic. Surviving passengers said that ship was a beautiful orchestra, which showed remarkable courage during this tragic event. The tool will be sold at auction and, according to preliminary data, the cost will be no less than 600 000 US dollars. According to the chronicles, when the ship crashed into an iceberg, the musicians continued performance on the deck, to raise the spirit embraced panic passengers. Hartley and orchestra were killed including 1500 passengers and crew members of the ship that sank April 15, 1912.





Violin Wallace Hartley was found tied to his body.



Tool, where musicians play during a disaster, gave him a bride in honor of the engagement in 1910.







The violin was discovered only in 2006. Son-amateur violinist who received the instrument as a gift from his teacher in the early 40s, contacted the organizers of the auction and offered a unique lot.





Musician filed a tool with the notes in a leather bag that was found after the crash.



Couple in love, and that was not to get married.



The mention of Mary Robertson in personal diary that she returned to the violin deceased fiance.



Some experts doubt the authenticity of the instrument, but the accessories found in the bag, to the contrary.





30-year-old Wallace Hartley (front row, fourth from the right) as part of the Nelson Congregational orchestra.



Wallace Hartley (back row, left) in the School of Music.



The notorious case.



Notes found in a bag.





The feat orchestra made history.





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