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Olivella
IN A WORD (OR TWO)
uilt in the Lomellina fog, but destination Puglia. The wood used for this set was olive. By adding precious woods like walnut and cherry, we managed to evoke the colors and warmth of the sun that typify this wonderful area of south Italy, where olive trees stretch out for miles.
That’s what our customer wanted. And for us, your wish is our command.
WOOD ESSENCES & SPECS
Wood essences
Ulivo | Noce Americano | Ciliegio
Kick Hoops
Noce americano
Finish
Natural Oil
Snare
15″ x 6″
Kick Drum
22″ x 18″
Tom
10″ x 7″
Floor Tom
16″ x 14″
NOTE: all the sizes of the drums are expressed in inches, diameter x depth
NOTES & CURIOSITIES
Woods, scents and sensations
Working with wood isn’t just about making things. It means handling something alive and beautiful; it arouses emotions. Working with olive wood is incredible: when you cut it, it releases a delicate and reassuring fragrance like freshly-baked bread. Then you touch it and you feel it’s sawdust on your fingers: it’s pasty, oily and crumbly. You rub it between your fingertips, you smell it. Then you look at the stave, you wet it with a drop of linseed oil to bring out the grain in the middle of that perfect luminous shade of ochre, and a shiver as warm as the sun runs up your back to your neck.
