Violin played as Titanic sank is found in attic

The violin played by the bandmaster of the Titanic as the oceanliner sank has been unearthed, a British auction house revealed.

Survivors of the Titanic have said they remember the band, led by Wallace Hartley, playing on deck even as passengers boarded lifeboats after the ship hit an iceberg.

Hartley’s violin was believed lost in the 1912 disaster, but auctioneers Henry Aldridge and& Son say an instrument found in 2006 in an attic in North Yorkshire, has undergone rigorous testing and is proven to be Hartley’s.