Superconducting tunnel junctions were used as tunable monochromatic phonon sources by selecting a narrow band of bremsstrahlung phonons by modulation. For quantitative spectroscopy, the line shape of the modulated band was calculated. Using this, the experimental results on A1203:V 3+ were analyzed in terms of the spinphonon Hamiltonian including rotational coupling. In contrast with the theory, the coupling with the L mode along the trigonal axis was not forbidden and, furthermore, exhibited an unexplained narrowing. The analysis of the other modes yielded G44=+0.4cm-1 and G41 .~. --8.1 cm -1. The observation of "resonance fluorescence" is also reported.