Cello Top - Engelmann Spruce 145G
Engelmann Spruce, most well known for its excellent tone quality, is an amazingly strong, light and flexible wood and has exceptional stiffness-to-weight ratio. It also has beautiful uniform colour, usually a cream to almost white. Tight and straight grain, with a fine and even texture.
This top was harvested in 2001 making it very well aged and ready to go. Due to its age and the wax being removed (not standard practice) there are some significant cracks in both halves. It is estimated that there is 630mm of usable length due to cracking.
Actual measurements:
290mm wide
55mm thick at spine
835mm long.
Specific gravity 0.383
Sold as a book-matched set.
Engelmann Spruce Tonewood Grades
Grading of tone wood is very subjective to the eye and experience of the grader. The grade description below attempts to capture the major characteristics involved in assessing the soundboards and will be used as a guide.
Split: Premium grade, hand split, and straight grain.
Sawn #1:Medium to fine grain width with light colour and sawn vertical grain.
Sawn #2: May have small work around knots or minor run out. Often has more colour variation and wider grain.
