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 Italian  Alpine Spruce 

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Botanical name: Picea Excelsa o Picea Abies)

ITALIAN ALPINE SPRUCE

Italian Spruce has always been used in the Italian tradition of violin making: Stradivari himself used that wood to construct his instruments.
“Red Spruce” (Botanical name: Picea Excelsa o Picea Abies)  comes from the North Eastern area of the Italian Alps. The trees grow at high altitude, above 1400 up to 1800 meters. The vegetative time is only 100 days a year; the winters are long and cold, so the trees grow slowly and regularly. The growth to obtain a violin or guitar log is about 150 to 200 years, and even more for a cello log. This wood is very stiff and light: 400 kg/m3 as some studies have established. The average size of the Italian Spruce is much smaller and less regular than others kinds of Spruce, like Sitka Spruce for example. Many studies have been conducted to give a scientific explanation on why Spruce from the Italian Alps has exceptional acoustic qualities. Our experience has demonstrated that stiffness and lightness are the essential properties of Italian Spruce. 

 

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All sets sanded to 100 grit. 

There are 2 pictures of each set. 1  closeup , 1 full shot.

Fantastic tap tone! Grain lines from 40+ to 12-16 Very very stiff with good cross silking . All sets large enough for at least a dreadnaught. Color is a very beautiful creamy white even though the photos vary. We are offering three grades.  Master grade, AAAA and AAA.  Master grade a few and far between and priced accordingly. The 4A sets are very good but have some darker grain lines. 3A sets have some color variations. it is not uncommon with this species to find some small, isolated bits of bearclaw figure in all grades except Master grade. From time to time we will have a few Bearclaw sets. Italian  spruce has a great tap tone and is highly praised by many builders. 

ITALIAN AAA (FINE GRADE)

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Item Name: Italian Spruce
Item Number: Ital_001_3A
Price: $75 
SOLD GD
Ital_001 Dim: 8 1/8" x 23 1/2" x .180 Item Name: Italian Spruce
Item Number: Ital_002_3A
Price: $75
SOLD JMc
Ital_002 Dim: 8 3/4" x 23 1/2" x .195
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Item Name: Italian Spruce
Item Number: Ital_006_3A
Price: $75
SOLD
Ital_006 3A Dim: 8 3/8" x 23 1/2" x .190 Item Name: Italian Spruce
Item Number: Ital_007_3A
Price: $75
SOLD LS
Ital_007 Dim: 8 3/8" x 23 " x .185
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Item Name: Italian Spruce
Item Number: Ital_008_3A
Price: $75
SOLD JK
Ital_008 3A Dim: 8 1/2" x 23" x .180    
Italian Spruce OM/CL
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Item Name: Italian Spruce 4A
Item Number: OM_CL_001
Price: $85
SOLD TR
Ital_0M_001 Dim: 7 5/8" x 23" x .180 Item Name: Italian Spruce 4A
Item Number: OM/CL_002
Price: $85
SOLD JK
Ital_0M_001 3ADim: 7 7/8" x 20 3/4" x .155
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Item Name: Italian Spruce
Item Number: 00_3A_001
Price: $75 SOLD BC
Ital_00_3A Dim: 7 3/8" x 23 1/2" x .155    

Italian Spruce AAAA  Fine grain lines.  May have a few isolated bits of Bearclaw and or some darker grain lines.

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Item Name: Italian Spruce
Item Number: Ital_003_4A
Price: $95
SOLD TL
Ital_003_4A Dim: 8 1/8" x 23 1/2" x .180 Item Name: Italian Spruce
Item Number: Ital_004_4A
Price: $95
SOLD RM
Ital_004_4A Dim: 8 1/8" x 23  x .150
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Item Name: Italian Spruce
Item Number: Ital_005_4A
Price: $95 SOLD JS
Ital_005_4A Dim: 8 7/8" x 22 1/2  x .175    
       
       

Italian AAA Bearclaw

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Item Name: Italian Spruce Mild Bearclaw
Item Number: Ital_001_BC
Price: $80
SOLD TL
Ital_001_BC Dim: 8 3/8" x 23 1/2  x .170 Item Name: Italian Spruce Mild Bearclaw
Item Number: Ital_002_BC
Price: $80
SOLD MZ
Ital_002_BC Dim: 8 1/8" x 23  x .175
       
       
Master Grade:  Not many sets make the grade here as they are few and far between. May have some very slight isolated bearclaw. Uniform grain lines from edge to edge.
       
       
       
       
       

 

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Contact:  bobcef at verizon dot net or rcefalu at roadrunner dot com

PH: 716  874 1498 7:00AM till 3:00 PM   Fax: 716 874 1498

1109 Military Rd.

Kenmore, NY 14217

Our goal is to provide the luthier
with beautiful tone woods at a reasonable price.

 

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