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The impact of climate change is far-reaching, but few will have considered how harmful it is to our ability to make music.

In Switzerland, this concern's now unsettling artisanal instrument makers.

The raw material is sourced in the Risoud Forest, which blankets the sub-alpine Jura mountain range demarcating the French-Swiss border.

Many of the trees are centuries old and the timber is ideally suited to crafting into string instruments, like acoustic guitars and violins.

However, the wood's tonal qualities are being affected by decreasing precipitation and increasing warmth, something which forest ranger Francois Villard is acutely aware of.

What makes these particular spruce trees so ideal for the instrument-making craft is their specific characteristics, which stem from the terrain and altitude where they traditionally flourish.

Theo Magnin is a tree gatherer.

Out of every 300 trees felled locally, just one or two will make the grade, having the appropriate resonance for a cello or violin, and Magnin's fearful that climate change will destroy that delicate number.

Despite experimenting with a number of alternative options, skilled carpenter Philippe Ramel remains convinced that the best acoustic quality emanates from the wood of the Risoud Forest's illustrious trees.

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