Kamil Mowais from Nazareth is undoubtly number one Palestinian luthier, who started building
ouds back in 1959, and still working in a small workshop near his house. Mowais is the only luthier I know here, who still makes outstanding inlays in
mother of pearl and amazes us with his fantastic artistic designs. Our friends Nizar Rohana, Simon Shaheen, Adel Salameh, among others, use to drop by
once they're in homeland visits, to keep in touch with the walking legend. I myself haven't met any Arab or Jew oud player in Palestine &/or
Israel, who does not - or didn't - have an oud of Kamil's, as a must (except of course for those whose father is a luthier himself, like Joubran Trio
& Khaled Joubran ) !
Kamil followed Abdo Nahat footsteps in building his first instruments. As a carpenter he first used to repair ancient ouds brought to his workshop for
some minor maintenance works, & Abdo Nahat's ouds among others. He decided to follow Abdo's style, he most liked of all styles he had seen. The
first ouds were as expected a failure, but soon he discovered Abdo's bracing & soundbox shape & structure .
Since 1974 he has quit carpentry & devoted himself to luthiery . Since then, he managed to build hundreds of masterpieces, but unfortunately he
didn't use to number his ouds, so this info just gone down the drain.
Here's the basic type Kamil used to build in the 70's-80's.
It's a 61.5 cm string, 4 pieces top spruce, mahagony & beech wood soundbox, walnut bridge, well maintained and recently repaired by the luthier.
It has been in use by a professional oud player since 1995, who has recently upgraded to another Kamil's (last photo), so he'd let it, in its Sukkar's
hard-case, for a reasonable price of 1000 $ + shipping . Please stay queued & don't push . I've convinced the owner to introduce
Mowais to the Forum through his oud, and he just "bought" the idea !
Photos & sound sample attached.
Pls. mail me through : alfarabymusic@gmail.com
Thank you for reading till here !
Yours indeed
Alfaraby
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I have an account in PayPal, through wich I usually pay !
Can I get paid through the same account ? I don't know !
Yours indeed
Alafarabybibo10 - 7-19-2010 at 01:31 PM
Jameel,
How are you my friend?? that's a beautiful oud. let us hear it
Yes you can get paid to the same account and then that money can be used whenever you buy stuff with paypal or you can transfer it to your bank
account with some fee.ameer - 8-25-2010 at 12:50 PM
I notice there's quite a bit of buzzing (e.g. 0:41-0:43) in your sound sample. Is this a regular feature of the oud?Alfaraby - 8-26-2010 at 02:57 AM
No Sir, this ain't a "feature" in this oud. It's more like a stain on a 1 K$ suit, that can be easily removed. New strings do buzz a
little in the beginning, but they sound all right after they've sit properly on the "bench". This recording took place an hour or so after the oud had
been stringed with a new set, so worry not. You're invited to examine the oud yourself & diagnoses the case, once you're around, if ever.
Secondly, sometime it's a matter of style. A player may not take this specific instrument into consideration when he plays it, the same way he might
have played his own . A player should adapt a different approach for every oud, and maybe "learn" it's weaknesses before he plays it. Give me any
excellent oud, and I'll let it buzz as much as I may desire, except perhaps for an extremely high action oud.
Cheers Ameer
Yours indeed
AlfarabyBrian Prunka - 8-26-2010 at 11:48 AM
Beautiful sounding oud, I am fond of his work.
This is a good deal for anyone looking for a professional quality Arabic oud.
salim charaf - 8-27-2010 at 02:33 PM
I am absolutely interested in your oud, and I am prepared to buy, but I want to know more because I have never bought anything through the net: how
can we carry out the trabsaction, how am I covered, how much does the shipping to france cost, what garantee or certificate do I get, The deal can be
truck quicly if the answetrs are appropriate, thanks and regards, salim mail boucharaf@voila.frsalim charaf - 8-27-2010 at 02:37 PM
Hi again, alfaraby
how can I transfer the money, I know nothing about paypal, and I onlky trust what I know, money transfer or payment by Credit card visa , salimAlfaraby - 8-27-2010 at 11:03 PM
Salim dear !
A message has been just posted to your e-mail. Look it up & we'll be in touch !
Yours indeed
AlfarabyAlfaraby - 8-27-2010 at 11:44 PM
Beautiful sounding oud, I am fond of his work. This is a good deal for anyone looking for a professional quality Arabic oud.
Thanks Brian ! This is a valuable post that adds more "stars" to this oud's credits. I appreciate it very much.
Pls. feel free to drop in from Brooklyn to play it
Yours indeed
AlfarabyButrous - 9-15-2010 at 06:08 PM
Is this oud still for sale?
What is price?
How much is shipping to USA?Alfaraby - 9-15-2010 at 11:27 PM
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