mikey77 - 1-20-2023 at 05:00 AM
Is this instrument an OUD ???
I was given this instrument and I'm not sure what it is and where it comes from... Can anybody help me?
Chris-Stephens - 1-20-2023 at 08:50 AM
woah. that is cool! not an oud, and i've never seen anything like it! maybe a custom build, one of a kind creation. part of the bottom neck seems like
it is related to sursringar, a long fretless lute of north india
Chris-Stephens - 1-23-2023 at 07:32 AM
So after looking a bit i think this instrument is a highly stylized Tibetan Dranyen.
Victoria - 1-29-2023 at 07:56 PM
That is an amazing instrument with a lot of personality. You are really lucky to be given such an instrument 
Maybe it really is a Dranyen but a very different kind with a larger body relative to the neck. How does it sound?