Info on John E Thomson [?]

[Eloffe]

Does anyone have some information on this maker?

I have a good violin with only this label to go on …

google search has a professor of art and music who was into design and woodwork 

are anymore instruments known or is any reference to his work out there?

thank you 

 

 

 

 

 

[baroquecello]

To me, it looks more like Humson than Thomson. That said, I did find an email address for a John E.Thomson, said to have made musical instruments, from Binghamton. https://www.binghamton.edu/art/profile.html?id=thomson Is that the info you already have? 

[Michael Richwine]

Wenberg has him as a self-taught  maker who made two violins as of the time of publication.

[lvlagneto]

Is there a shadow of a label beneath this one, or was the label glued only at the edges?  

[Eloffe]

Thanks

i have been offline …

On 9/30/2023 at 10:14 PM, Michael Richwine said:

Wenberg has him as a self-taught  maker who made two violins as of the time of publication.

thanks I am guessing the book is not easy to get hold of

On 10/1/2023 at 9:59 AM, iburkard said:

Is there a shadow of a label beneath this one, or was the label glued only at the edges?  

Single label is flat and intact

[lvlagneto]

On 10/6/2023 at 2:05 AM, Eloffe said:

Single label is flat and intact

Odd that they just glued the edges.