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nati - 5-18-2015 at 06:53 AM

helo!
did someone ever build oud made of
olive ribs?

Alfaraby - 5-18-2015 at 04:03 PM

Here you go: Palestinian oud maker and music professor at Alnajah University of Nablus. Hassan Aldoraidy:

https://youtu.be/CNfXE9hOWvQ

Is it a good choice ? Well, I don't know. Seems not.

Enjoy
Yours indeed
Alfaraby

Brian Prunka - 5-19-2015 at 08:21 AM

Olive wood typically has many defects, I'd expect it not to be a great choice for a wood bowl since the larger pieces required will inevitably have many defects. It makes nice pegs though, since you can work around the defects.

jdowning - 5-19-2015 at 12:08 PM

Olive wood is also said to be 'unstable' that I take to mean it takes 'forever' to fully season like boxwood so will always be 'on the move' with temperature/humidity changes. As a bowl material this may or may not be significantly detrimental acoustically or even mechanically (local splitting or cracking)?

nati - 5-21-2015 at 06:01 AM

thank you for ansers! i have the wood already so i will try it and post how is it.