The copy of this violin I am building was made by the author in 1716, in its most flourishing period.
The board is made from Paneveggio spruce, while the back, the neck and the sides are made from field maple wood. This variety, unlike the sycamore maple grows at low altitudes, for example along the Po Valley to the Tuscan – Emilian Apennines. Its wood has a finer grain, its specific weight is slightly higher, but the peculiarity of this variety is its irregular flame marbling, that makes the instruments made of this wood really unique.
