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7 courses tuning

Philippe - 11-18-2005 at 08:49 AM

Hi,
I recently an iraki-style oud in Egypt. I would like to use 13 strings instead of 11 but I can't find any 13-strg set here in Canada.

Does anybody knows what size of string I should use to be able to tune it CFADGCF ?

Thank you very much,
Philippe

syrianoud - 11-18-2005 at 07:39 PM

I am getting one on Monday from Lebanon , Tuning is regular . DO FA LA RE sol do (fa) But strings I am not sure I will ask Nazih Ghadban tonight .
Regards

Samir , California

farukturunz - 11-19-2005 at 03:08 AM

Hi Philippe,

I use 0.48mm PVF for the thiteenth pair (F) on my 7 courses ouds which I string with Pyramid sets. The result is very nice.
Faruk Turunz

Philippe - 11-21-2005 at 06:34 AM

Thank you Faruk!