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$250,000 violin gets virtuosos bumped from airline flight, prompts viral video
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KindaScratchy
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from CNN.com

(CNN) -- It's a good thing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart doesn't have an Internet connection. If he could see what happened to Zachary De Pue this week, he might turn over in his grave.

A video is going viral of violin virtuoso De Pue stranded on the tarmac of Charlotte, North Carolina's airport Monday, playing his heart out in indignation -- on a priceless violin.

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When the work's all done and the sun's settin' low,

I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow.

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I thought, Mozart was deceased.  facepalm

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Well, to "turn over in his grave", I don't think anyone was thinking he's still alive?

"This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in 5 or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development." ~ Itzhak Perlman

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