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More than 2,000 people were aboard when the Titanic hit the iceberg on April
15, 1912 and ( a ) to sink. Some of the wealthiest people in the world were
travelling in the ship's luxury cabins. Hundreds of people were also on their way to
America with the ( b ) of a fresh start ina new country.
However, as all these passengers rushed toward lifeboats, eight musicians
remained calm. Led by bandleader Wallace Henry Hartley, they played music in an
attempt to stop the panic. All eight men died when the ship sank, (c) with nearly nな
1,500 other passengers and crew. The violin Hartley played ( d ) the Titanic went
down becamea symbol of courage and strength. On October 19, 2013. it was sold at
an auction in the United Kingdom at more than double the amount (e ). The
expensive purchase set a world record for any single Titanic object ever bought.
The damaged violin, now unplayable, was a gift to Hartley from his fiancée,
Maria Robinson. On a silver plate on the instrument are written the words: “For
Wallace, on the occasion of our engagement. From Maria." The violin was found sink
(f) in the water and was later identified and returned in the summer of 1912 to
Robinson. ( g ) she died in 1939, her sister donated it to a local charity group. A
violin teacher got it and passed ( h ) a student named Eve. The violin was stored a/on.
away until being rediscovered by Eve's son in 2006. For the next seven years,
scientists and historians did extensive research and tests on the violin to make ( i )
Tool thing They determined “hevond a reasonable doubt” that it was DOS
