This New York Times article is about how an individual person was able to make a Chinese instrument popular around the world. One of the instruments that is making a comeback is the pipa, a Chinese lute that has dated back from ancient times. The reason the pipa is making a comeback in America is because of an incident in June. The incident involved a lady named Ms. Wu and her pipa. When Ms. Wu was on the airplane. By accident, the flight attendant dropped the pipa and it broke off completely. Ms. Wu was devastated because that was her instrument for seventeen years and it was very hard to replace because of how rare it is. Her instrument was valued at $50,000 because of how it was an ancient instrument and how it was so old. The employee on US Airways was able to supply Ms. Wu with a brand new pipa created by the same master who sculpted her old one. Now that her pipa is fixed she will be able to display it proudly on Fridays and Saturday nights because she got a job in Hartford performing Lou Harrison’s Concerto for Pipa with String instruments. Ms. Wu has been able to make the instrument popular by playing traditional and modern Chinese music also she has been able to work with Yo-Yo Ma, a famous Chinese chelloist. On the day that the instrument broke, the flight attendant took the instrument to the front after Ms. Wu strapped it into a seat like a little child. When the flight attendant took it to the front, the accident happened. Now Ms. Wu has a beautiful new pipa made of bamboo.
