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26th March 2007, 11:37 AM #1
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What is alpine pine
Have a friend who has purchased a piece of furniture made, according to the docket, from alpine pine. She is not really happy with it as it now looks quite grainy (her description). I have not been able to find out what alpine pine is - sounds like some generic term. Any ideas.
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26th March 2007, 11:43 AM #2
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Pinus cembra is used for Bonsai, I don't know about furniture timber.
http://www.bonsainl.nl/BPG/BS_A0093.HTMCliff.
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26th March 2007, 01:22 PM #3
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Maybe it's small furniture
Bob
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26th March 2007, 09:05 PM #4
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Eucalypt from the higher regions of Victoria is sometimes marketed as Alpine Ash...... maybe a grammatical/species error
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26th March 2007, 09:20 PM #5
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Pine that Al's got, Alpine
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26th March 2007, 11:48 PM #6
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Pine that Al's got, Alpine
Bob
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27th March 2007, 11:03 PM #7
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I would be surprised if the furniture piece were really pinus cembra, (which would be called alpine by the British because it grows in the central European Alps) but the world is full of surprises (and imports). You can recognise it from the compact grain, "live" knots, resinous feel, pine smell, and particularly the yellowish pink colour turning to deep pink with age. I would put my money on standard radiata pine (which is white) being given a fancy marketing name.
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