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ROSETTES..PEGS.....where to buy them

syrianoud - 8-20-2005 at 04:21 PM

Hi members....

I am looking for Rosettes for the new Oud that Viken Najarian is going to build me . Can someone tell me where to buy real Quality nice Rosettes . deer Horn or anything looks good but not Plastic.
Another thing is where to get Ebony Oud pegs...I have a site where it sells Violin, flamenco/Ebony Pegs...Not sure if they will work on a oud.here is the site...

Thank you
http://www.lmii.com/CartTwo/thirdproducts.asp?searchtext=pegs&N...

ON THE SEARCH of the site just type Pegs and that will take you to the pegs page..

Best regards ..Samir .California

Jonathan - 8-21-2005 at 02:41 PM

There have been a lot of great ouds with plastic rosettes.

syrianoud - 8-21-2005 at 09:57 PM

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Originally posted by Andy
Samir, I am not familiar with Viken Najarian's other than reading other's comments but I would imagine that if you are going to have an oud made by him it would include rossettes and ebony pegs unless he builds his ouds with plastic rosettes and rosewood pegs. Inernational Violin carries a large variety of pegs from plain to fancy for violin, viola, & cello. Unless you know what you are doing I would suggest having Viken Najarian install the pegs since he is building it for you.
http://www.internationalviolin.com
Good Luck
Andy
http://www.geocities.com/antronig/oud.html


Viken Najarian is a famous Oud maker in Orange county ,Ca . He is in business since 1975 , if you go to his site and read about him. He went to school for a while , He is not just a musician ,he is a very educated musician and inteligent person to sit and talk to him , and the big PLUS his honesty , he wont try to rip you off. You can ask anyone and you will only get positive feed back.
I went and visited him today ,he was so busy , he was working on 35 Ouds for export...Yes he exports a lots of Ouds to the Middle East. His work is Fantastic . He wont let one oud out of his shop with a little flaw...My oud will be ready in about 8 months.If you go in and order a Oud from him you might have to wait a year. You can see One oud for sale in Mike;s forums for $2200 made by Viken Najarian. Not sure if it was sold already . But you can find his Ouds very rarely for sale....
Well in about 8 months I will post my Custom made Oud from Viken....
Best Regards ...Samir ,California

syrianoud - 8-22-2005 at 06:03 PM

Thank you I found plenty of (Pegs)them ,but they all have to be fitted. And Mr. Nazih Ghadban has send me SIX of them to replace the broken once on my 1025 Oud.But on my new custom oud that Viken Najarian is building for me I will have him pick something nice, He has a very good taste and a good i would say perfect workmanship. I never seen a person who wont let his oud out if it has a little flaw on it. I watched Viken how he works in his shop and was very impressed. This guy is a big success ,And may the Lord Bless him .

Thank you all . Best regards Samir , California