SPRUCE
The choice of tone-wood for stringed instruments starts in the forests of the Fiemme Valley, where we select the trunks in areas and at altitudes best suitable for tonewood. The selected trees are cut down in late autumn only, in waning moon period.
It is not easy to carry out this traditional and tested process and frequently it meets with resistances in the standard cutting and deforestation.
But the Ciresa Firm is undertaking, as much as possible, to follow this method, assuring very good results.
The logs are carried to a small saw-mill, where they are quarted according to our directions.
Afterwards the quarters are sawn or split, obtaining perfect radial sections, and with a careful selection the defective parts are rejected.
The sawn pieces undergo a natural seasoning on our timber-yard for at least four years; then they are controlled, processed and divided according to the different quality degrees.
After a long time and a careful choice, the selected tone-wood is stored and placed at the customers' disposal.
The availability of tops for stringed instruments is around 9.000 pieces.
MAPLE
At the Ciresa's the violin makers can find high quality maple imported from Bosnia, perfect to make back,neck and sides for stringed instruments.
The choice of this wood is carried out directly by our expert and only the selected pieces are imported,classified in the different quality degrees,branded with trade-mark and stored for natural seasoning.
