What an extreme tragedy.
A musician flying from Brazil to Israel says her $200,000 viola da gamba
was severely destroyed because of airline "greed and disrespect for the musician."
(Myrna Herzog Facebook)
From Fox News:
Myrna Herzog was traveling from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Tel Aviv, Israel when she was allegedly forced to place her large 17th century viola da gamba in the hold for her Alitalia flight.
Herzog, the director of Israeli classical music group Phoenix, says she reluctantly handed it over only after she was unable to purchase a seat for the instrument, which is slightly smaller than a cello, because the flight was full. A viola da gamba, also known as a viol, is a string instrument played upright, similar to a cello.
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