Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:10:12 +0200Traditional Czech wood for musical instruments in short supplyhttps://english.radio.cz/traditional-czech-wood-musical-instruments-short-supply-8611390© 2026 Radio Prague International The deep forests of the Sumava Mountains in South Bohemia used to abound in spruce trees whose wood was of such high quality that it was used for the production of musical instruments in workshops around Europe. But these legendary tone spruce trees are becoming increasingly rare owing to changes in the environment and forest management. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/smrk_rezonancni.jpg?timestamp=1591417955 Traditional Czech wood for musical instruments in short supply https://english.radio.cz/traditional-czech-wood-musical-instruments-short-supply-8611390 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9