Stolen viola is found smashed in a ditch

Stolen viola is found smashed in a ditch

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norman lebrecht

December 19, 2014

Nancy Drye, a player in the University of Pennsylvania Orchestra, had her viola stolen from her home in Powelton earlier this month. She treasured the instrument, which she thinks dates from Paris around the time of the French Revolution.

Its remains were found Wednesday night on a vacant lot in west Philadelphia.

‘It feels like a death in the family,’ says Nancy.

smashed viola

 

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