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very nice old oud, Mayada el Hanaoui

SamirCanada - 6-24-2015 at 06:41 AM

just found this old video of singer Mayada el Hinaoui singing oum koulthoum along with a oud player.

that oud is so nice. I wonder if some of the oud connoisseurs will recognize the oud maker.

https://youtu.be/NFXJ67ikCkE

I have seen the same kind of protector at the bottom before.
my guess is gamil georges but I could be wrong.

Jody Stecher - 6-24-2015 at 07:32 AM

Very nice music too. The oud seems to be decorated at the end of the fingerboard with the letters ASH. Could that be a clue to the identity of the maker or the player? Mayada el Hinaoui 's singing is so relaxed and tuneful and nuanced. She also seems to be dressed with the intention of impersonating a salad. This must have been the 1970s!

Adel Salameh - 6-29-2015 at 04:58 AM

Michel Khawam...
best wishes,
Adel
http://www.adelsalameh.com/oudcamp.php

SamirCanada - 6-29-2015 at 05:10 AM

Thank you Adel,


LOL @ Jody, that dress and hair piece is awful indeed.

Faladel - 6-30-2015 at 12:34 AM

I am sorry to say that this oud is not of Michel Khawwam, but of Jameel Kandalaft, I have personally met the two luthiers, who plays the oud is Asaad Al Shater (ASH) that I have known personally also.

Alfaraby - 6-30-2015 at 02:18 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Faladel  
this oud is not of Michel Khawwam, but of Jameel Kandalaft ...
who plays the oud is Asaad Al Shater (ASH) ..


I totally agree, Dr.
Khawwam's have less ornaments on the top.
Al Shater is very shater :) (skilled) He become famous accompanying the legendary Syrian tenor Sabah Fakhri
Great oud and player
Singer ? Well, let's just leave her and her style(s) aside ...

Yours indeed
Alfaraby

Adel Salameh - 6-30-2015 at 02:46 AM

Thanks Faladel and Alfaraby for the correction... I have checked my photos of Qandalft oud and yes its one of his ouds...
I love the sound of Al Shater Oud,in fact I have asked an oud player from Aleppo what kind of oud he uses , his answer was he used mainly Khawwam Oud...
the question is why these makers are not known? and why we do not see their Ouds? compared to the Nahat Ouds?
Best wishes,
Adel
http://www.adelsalameh.com/oudcamp.php

Faladel - 7-2-2015 at 12:53 AM

Dear Adel :

Michel Khawwam was a luthier who worked only for professionals, I call him: the luthier of the bourgeoisie oud-player, he made their ouds for professionals, concert artists and well known people, their ouds were of the best quality as abdo Nahhat, was well known and highly prized among professionals, in addition, their ouds were not cheap compared to others , for me is one of the best Luthiers in history.