Marion Fleetwood was loaned the instrument when she was 15, and it is now being used by her student.
A music teacher rediscovered an 18th Century viola she had as a teenager 40 years ago when one of her students began playing it.
The viola was given to them both by the Denne Gilkes charity, which has awarded scholarships and lent instruments to more than 600 students since it was set up in the 1970s. "The fund exists to support young musicians who otherwise wouldn't be able to have access to really great instruments," she said.Four decades on, her pupil Elisabeth opened the case and revealed the same instrument."I suddenly remembered she was my baby and I looked after her, because she wasn't mine.Elisabeth said she felt "really like grateful that I've got the instrument".
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