Salvi, Victor, 1920-2015

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Personal name heading	Salvi, Victor, 1920-2015 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Salvi, Vittorio, 1920-2015
Biography/History note	Victor Salvi (1920-2015) was an American-born harpist, harp maker, and entrepreneur of Italian descent. Born in Chicago, he played harp with the United States Navy Band, the New York Philharmonic, and the NBC Symphony Orchestra before moving to Italy in 1955 and establishing the Salvi Harp company. The company moved to Piasco, Italy in 1974. Salvi acquired the US harp company Lyon & Healy in 1987, and introduced the electronic harp. He made modern technological improvements to the harp itself, commissioned harp compositions, published harp music, supported harp competitions, established the Victor Salvi Foundation, and collected harps from around the world, which are now housed in the Museo dell 'arpa Victor Salvi in Piasco. Salvi died in Italy in 2015.
Associated place	New York (N.Y.)
Birth date	1920-03-04
Death date	2015-05-10
Place of birth	Chicago (Ill.)
Field of activity	Music Harp
Affiliation	United States Navy Band New York Philharmonic NBC Symphony Orchestra Salvi Harps Lyon & Healy Museo dell' arpa Victor Salvi
Profession or occupation	Harpists Harp makers Businesspeople
Found in	American Harp Society 37th National Conference, Salvi historical harps, July 3, 2006: content (Victor Salvi, owner of Salvi Harp factory in Piasco, Italy; Museo dell'arpa Victor Salvi in Piasco, Italy) economist.com, 3 July 2018 (title: Lord of the strings: Victor Salvi's harps, dated January 26, 2006, Piasco, Northern Italy: museum in Piasco named after Victor Salvi; his father made harps in Viggiano; in 1913, the family emigrated to Chicago, where Victor was born in 1920; Victor, harpist for New York Philharmonic; moved to Italy to make harps; set up Victor Salvi Foundation in 2000; museum houses his harp collection) salviharps.com, 3 July 2018 (Victor Salvi; once based in New York; in 1955, moved to Italy and founded a harp company called Salvi Harps in Genoa; moved harp company to Piasco) New York Times, via WWW, 3 July 2018 (title: Victor Salvi, who played harps and made them too, dies at 95; dated May 22, 2015: died May 10 in Milan; former member of the New York Philharmonic, harpist, established Salvi Harps in 1956; acquired Lyon & Healy harps in 1987; born Vittorio Salvi in Chicago on March 4, 1920; member of United States Navy band during World War II; moved to New York in 1950, played in Philharmonic; built first harp in 1954 in Manhattan; first wife Martha Perazzo, divorced; second wife is his widow, Julia Torres; established the Victor Salvi Harp Museum in 2006) Wikipedia, 3 July 2018 (Victor Salvi (March 4, 1920-May 10, 2015), American-born harpist, harp maker, entrepreneur; born in Chicago, Illinois; immigrated back to Italy; played harp; owned Europe-based Salvi Harps and US company Lyon & Healy; engineer responsible for modern progressions of the harp instrument; philanthropist; Italian heritage; Victor played harp in US Navy Band from 1942-1946; toured with St. Louis Sinfonietta orchestra 1948-1950; moved to New York in 1950, played on Broadway, with New York Philharmonic, and the NBC Symphony Orchestra; opened a harp workshop; built first harp in 1954; moved to Italy in 1955, opened harp business in Genoa; moved factory to Piasco Italy in 1974; acquired Lyon & Healy harp company in 1987; developed the electronic harp, first showcased in 1987; commissioned compositions for harp; supported harp competitions; published harp music; collected harps from around the world; Salvi lived in Chateauneuf-Grasse, France, from 1987 to 2012; lived in Italy in final years; died in 2015)