Alpentonholz Pahler is managed by the trained violinmaker and forester Andreas Pahler. Together with his staff he is searching for excellent spruce in the Bavarian, Austrian and Italian Alps. Maple is to be found in South Eastern Europe. But judging maple is a hard job - you only see grain and flame once you cut up tree into billets. This makes it even more fascinating. Our best tone wood is stored solely under natural drying condition at the saw mill in Markt Indersdorf, just 30 Minutes off Munich airport. Makers from around the word come here to find their wood for the making of finest instruments. Andreas Pahler is very pleased that many international making competitions have been won with tone wood from his saw mill - a challenging task.