some years ago my wife bought me an absolute dud of an oud for xmas. i've done disfiguring and not altogether regrettable things to it in the interim
but the warped neck finally drove me to my local liutaio - who will, he says, fix the buzz and make it look more like a european lute.
he's going to remove the arabic filigree in the trim and shorten the peg box to facilitate 10 pegs instead of the existing 12 (making it a 5c.
instrument) and replace the gaudy and gaping, 3 hole sound board with a plain and more resonate (i hope) single holed sound board.
the neck was unusually wide to begin with so i'll tie-on frets but nothing can be done with the ever-so tasteful, wood and plastic inlays set into the
bowl ... but as its belly will be nuzzling mine most of the time, i figure i can live with that.
he says that it - and some minor repairs to a lovely little bowl back mandolin - will take 8 weeks to complete ... photos to follow asap.
what to call it? "o'lute" offers an intriguing irish connotation - "ud-ute" sounds like it might have come from virginia or be canadian ...
... any suggestions?
more seriously - in the andalusian tradition, are there any images which suggest this transition from oud to lute?
- billElie Riachi - 3-7-2006 at 03:37 PM
Hi Bill,
How about calling it "Lute-wanna-be"?
Take care bud and I hope we see pictures soon.billkilpatrick - 3-11-2006 at 05:00 AM
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Originally posted by Elie Riachi
How about calling it "Lute-wanna-be"?
... how about "ud'luth" - a dyslexic instrument from minnesota?
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