What a gorgeous oud--and gorgeous playing to boot. I love the Iranian-style arrangement of the ribs.
I have a somewhat boring question--I'm curious to know more about how Sebastian installs Wittner pegs on his instruments as I'm interested in possibly
getting some Wittner pegs myself at some point down the road. Does he use the standard viola pegs? I've read many of the old threads here on the forum
about geared pegs and looked at a number of internet articles and videos about them, but I haven't been able to find many pictures of videos that show
much detail--at least for ouds, anyway.
The pegs on my Nişadır Turkish oud work pretty well; I also recently picked up a used Zeryab oud, and the pegs & pegholes on that needed
some refinishing and peg dope but work decently well now, but they appear pretty cheap--just a soft wood dyed black. My teacher has Knilling pegs on
his oud, and I'm always green with envy watching him tune up.
My teacher has his oud strung in a somewhat different way than I've seen many players use. I previously assumed this was to better facilitate using
the geared pegs since it appears that most geared pegs are fit so that the shanks are more or less flush with the inner wall of the pegbox. This makes
a lot of sense for a violin, but not as much with an oud. However, from what I can see here in the video, Sebastian strung the oud "normally", e.g.
with the 2nd course g strung relatively near the end of the peg. It also appears as if there's some sort of shaft or ring around the pegs themselves,
but it's hard to tell from the video.
If it's not too much to ask, I'd love to see some close-up pictures of the pegbox (heck, throw in some close ups of the rest of the oud too--it's a
beauty) and find out more about how Sebastian and other Wittner peg users have fitted these pegs on their ouds. |
