Origin of Wood Type: |
Austria |
Botanical Name: |
Picea excelsa |
Specific Gravity: |
N/A |
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2.00 lb/bf |
Color Range: |
White |
Rarity / Availability: ( ?): |
Available, but musical instrument grade is very rare! |
Typical Avg. Width: |
2" to 10" (Quarter Sawn) |
Typical Avg. Length: |
2' to 16' feet |
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30% |
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\Guitar Building / Instrument making, Wood Turning, Boat Building, Outdoor Construction, Timber framing and many other uses! |
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Quarter-Sawn |
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European Spruce, Austrian Red Spruce |
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Alpine red spruce is the superior tonewood for stringed instrument tops and sound boards. Slow grown and fine textured this spruce has the strongest structure of any spruce. These are also the characteristics of superior braces.
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