Squirrel Orchestra Shown at Library

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50-Year-Old Curiosity Loaned by William T. Wood

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   Something different in the way of an orchestra is the “Nut Cracker’s Orchestra” which is on exhibition at the Millicent Library. The unique exhibit, loaned by William T. Wood of 9 Wilding Street, is a glass case containing ten stuffed squirrels, each supposedly playing a musical instrument.

   The “squirrel band” was made over a half century ago in Vermont and for many years was displayed in the window of Mr. Wood’s father’s music store in New Bedford. It includes a bass drum player, snare drum, cymbal, bass horn, viola, trumpet, trombone, French horn, violin and bass-viol.