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Mrs Macquarie's cello comes out to play

Source: 7pm TV News NSW
Published: Monday, March 22, 2010 8:00 AEDT
Expires: Sunday, June 20, 2010 8:00 AEDT

After gathering dust for nearly 200 years, a cello owned by the wife of NSW Governor Macquarie has now been restored.

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Tags: acoustic-music, history, 19th-century, strings, nsw, sydney-2000

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