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old style egyptian oud / actual makers

suz_i_dil - 7-23-2024 at 07:21 AM

Hi there

made a while on the forum.

I need input about makers. I came across an old style egyptian oud, very oblong shape, though not much depth for the bowl.
To my view this is a super nice specification. It bring the deepness one can await for a sharqi oud, with an excellent volume of the bowl, but still confortable to play with its short depth. With a well made soundboard, can be perfect
but ..but...it is too old, the neck is not 1/3 of the stringlength. It is previous made regarding this standard. So not my favorite playability.

Do you have any recommendation of luthiers who made oud in this kind of tradition , which seems a bit lost ?

Looking forward to read if you have any inputs on this

Jody Stecher - 7-23-2024 at 06:02 PM

Al Leythi comes to mind. Check out the well-known photo of Qassabji playing his single sound hole Al Leythi oud.

https://www.mikeouds.com/qassab.php


suz_i_dil - 7-25-2024 at 01:04 AM

Yes exactly, the kind of shape of the Rahmine Barda oud for which i shared its retauration.

https://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=18785

Super nice to play but the settle of the neck regarding the stringlength make it for me as a very sporadic instrument.

So i ment, do you know actual makers who usually work on this shape nowadays, for a new oud ?

Jody Stecher - 7-25-2024 at 06:21 PM

Quote: Originally posted by suz_i_dil  
Yes exactly, the kind of shape of the Rahmine Barda oud for which i shared its retauration.

https://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=18785

Super nice to play but the settle of the neck regarding the stringlength make it for me as a very sporadic instrument.

So i ment, do you know actual makers who usually work on this shape nowadays, for a new oud ?



I see. Nazih Ghadban comes to mind.
http://www.oudnazihghadban.com

suz_i_dil - 7-28-2024 at 01:46 AM

Right, thanks !