James Thornton, Violinmaker

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James Thornton, Violinmaker

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Fine Violins made to order Restoration, Appraisals

Fine Violins made to order Restoration, Appraisals Fine Violins made to order Restoration, Appraisals Fine Violins made to order Restoration, Appraisals
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 A Midwesterner, James Thornton received a Bachelors and Master of Music degree from University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana where he studied violin and string pedagogy with Paul Rolland.  He was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to further his studies with Eduard Melkus at the Hochschule für Musik, Vienna, Austria where he lived for a number of years. 

Front and back view of a James Thornton violin, crafted in 2016.

In Chicago, he studied violinmaking and restoration with Zenon Petesh while employed at Kagan and Gaines and finished his training at Michael Becker Fine Violins, Park Ridge, Illinois. Since year 2000, he has been running his own shop. He has done repair and restoration for the Weisshaar family in Costa Mesa, California and for Christopher Reuning in Boston. He is a member of the American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers and a contributor to “Strad” magazine. Jim and his wife Susan (also a violinist) live in Wisconsin in a solar powered home.


Jim has produced 2 CDs – J. S. Bach Solo Sonatas and Partitas, and ‘Art of the Fugue’ with Eduard Melkus performing on an unaltered Aegidius Klotz violin, and Brahms Violin Concerto featuring the same artist. 

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