azzizza - 8-22-2019 at 09:23 AM
Hello, is anyone able to translate? This looks like a lineage of Ottoman oud makers:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1657176914352320&set=a.2...
al-Halabi - 8-22-2019 at 11:57 AM
The first list is of the most famous oud makers of the Ottoman period, who are presented as the predecessors of the present-day fine Turkish luthiers,
who sell their instruments in world markets. Of these Ottoman masters the top one until today remains Manol. Manol is followed on the list by two of
his craftsmen, Mustafa and Hamza, who became master builders in their own right.
Then three older masters who were still alive are listed, among them Hadi Usta, who had previously worked with Hamza Usta (who had himself worked with
Manol). The photo shows Hamza Usta (on the left) with his assistant Hadi Usta.
This listing of names does not qualify as a developed lineage of oud makers, but it does include a few examples of the transmission of knowledge from
masters to students who rose in turn to become masters themselves.