Yes, could be.
We had that happen with our symbolic Wye Oak and a very old tree on the St. John’s campus in Annapolis; all were dying/blew down in the last 15 years.
Someone took wood and made instruments out of it, I think the Annapolis tree.
A town in Michigan was all abuzz about big old pine trees by the community center being taken down, lots of complaining. Then, there was the tornado...