This story of a cursed - perhaps haunted - musical instrument was adapted into a feature-length play as part of the 1996 Gothic season on Radio 4. I have an off-air recording of it somewhere on the channel, but there's also this - the four-part reading of the story, performed by Joanna David that was broadcast many times by BBC7 in the intervening years...
If you're interested to know more about the century-long history of ghost and horror stories broadcast at Christmas on British television and radio, you might like to check out HOLLY WRAITHS (and its companion volume HOLLY TERRORS), an A-Z guide available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Lulu.com.
Holly Wraiths on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Holly-Wraiths-Christmas-Television-ebook/dp/B0BSZ5B8P5/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3N9V1GCZOFC5H&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3DsoE_TP0eaq1TiUxlNnVDD1fCJL3RQ9hqpdXRWQQKOvIJgEYJhO3sdg6KSUtYKbVzgQFLbwUDNPe3oVuY5peYPxGvIVAgWrp57igfQl8hWfafDZ4n8U_7FWz2jgG-E1.HLFy2ZKx8vcVGbmeCSuKaWZwzhZsJR-OMuUNSkY1dg8&dib_tag=se&keywords=holly+wraiths&qid=1738886856&sprefix=holly+wra%2Caps%2C103&sr=8-4
If you're interested to know more about the century-long history of ghost and horror stories broadcast at Christmas on British television and radio, you might like to check out HOLLY WRAITHS (and its companion volume HOLLY TERRORS), an A-Z guide available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Lulu.com.
Holly Wraiths on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Holly-Wraiths-Christmas-Television-ebook/dp/B0BSZ5B8P5/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3N9V1GCZOFC5H&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3DsoE_TP0eaq1TiUxlNnVDD1fCJL3RQ9hqpdXRWQQKOvIJgEYJhO3sdg6KSUtYKbVzgQFLbwUDNPe3oVuY5peYPxGvIVAgWrp57igfQl8hWfafDZ4n8U_7FWz2jgG-E1.HLFy2ZKx8vcVGbmeCSuKaWZwzhZsJR-OMuUNSkY1dg8&dib_tag=se&keywords=holly+wraiths&qid=1738886856&sprefix=holly+wra%2Caps%2C103&sr=8-4
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