SPRUCE - EUROPEAN
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Vuren | Spruce | Abeto |
Fijnspar | Norway spruce | Abeto Aleman |
Botanic name: Picea abies (= Picea exelsa)
Family: Pinaceae
Grows: Europe, North-Siberia
Volume weight: 0,45
Other names: Baltic whitewood, whitewood, common spruce, European spruce, white deal.
Usage: Soundboards, fan struts and cross-bars. Also used as kernel for veneerd necks of lutes and baroque guitars. Somtimes used for glue blocks and endblock.