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Flavian VANDERVEKEN

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John Dilworth

VANDERVEKEN, Flavian b. Brussels Belgium, Worked circa. 1880-1900 Scranton, Pennsylvania & New York USA. Violinist and violin/bow dealer. Emigrated to the USA c.1880. Established an orchestra in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Later founded the Ithaca Conservatory of Music in New York. Instruments bearing his label were made for him in Brussels; first importer of Sartory bows to the USA. [Wenberg)]

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