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Climate change has had many negative effects, but few think about the damage to music making.

Traditional instrument makers in Switzerland are anxious.

The material they use is found in the Risoud Forest, on the border between France and Switzerland.

In this region, up in the Jura mountains, many of the trees are centuries old.

The wood here is exactly what's needed for craftspeople who create guitars, violins and other string instruments.

However, now climate change is damaging the wood's wonderful qualities.

Francois Villard works as a forester.

It's the high location of these Risoud Forest trees which makes them so unusual, as specialist Theo Magnin explains.

He's someone who searches for the perfect trees.

Out of 300 trees that are selected and cut down, a maximum of two will be appropriate for the skilled workers.

He fears that global warming will destroy that small amount.

While the instrument makers have experimented with a variety of wood types, for craftsmen like Philippe Ramel, the Risoud Forest wood definitely produces a better sound.

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