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Norway Spruce - usable for tops?
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Author:  Corky Long [ Mon May 03, 2010 12:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Norway Spruce - usable for tops?
Local tree will come down soon - large enough to be useful for tops. Has anyone ever built with Norway Spruce for tops? Is it suitable? Thanks
Author:  Corky Long [ Mon May 03, 2010 3:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Norway Spruce - usable for tops?
Cool - thanks, Todd! That's good news. I know the growing conditions aren't close to ideal - and the tree has probably grown much faster than preferable, but it might be fun to harvest some tops from it and see what comes of it.
Author:  John A [ Tue May 04, 2010 6:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Norway Spruce - usable for tops?
Make sure you post some pics -

I like some patterns and color in the spruces - sounds like you may have a candidate with a fast grown tree.
Author:  Corky Long [ Tue May 04, 2010 8:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Norway Spruce - usable for tops?
Will do, John. Kind of a cool story - huge tree (diameter has got to be at least 4 feet at the base of the trunk) in the front lawn of a house across the street - the house just sold and I'm told the new owners don't want to keep the tree as it's very close to the house. With a bit of luck I'll get my hands on a couple of cross - sections of the trunk.
Author:  Arnt Rian [ Tue May 04, 2010 9:23 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Norway Spruce - usable for tops?
Hey, does anyone know why Picea Abies is known as Norway/Norwegian Spruce in the English speaking world in the first place? I don't, but I assume it could be because we sold a lot of to the British over the years. As far as I know its not called that anywhere else. We just call it...spruce duh ;)

There is a species called "Nordmannsgran" in our language, which can be translated to Norwegian spruce, but it doesn't even grow here! It is actually Abies nordmanniana, a fir native to the mountains south and east of the Black Sea, in Turkey, Georgia, Russian Caucasus and northern parts of Armenia which is named after Alexander von Nordmann (1803-1866), Professor of Botany at Odessa (according to wiki). Live and learn!

BTW, I can attest that Picea Abies grown in Norway can work fine as a tonewood, it is quite similar to spruce from other parts of the continent as far as I can tell. Why wouldn't it be?
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