amtaha - 11-28-2006 at 01:48 PM
Came across this on the NYTimes. Thought it might be of interest to some.
http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=05f6ec1e4a4ea46d5119bfdc1a90c...
Regards,
Hamid
amtaha - 11-28-2006 at 03:33 PM
just noticed that mavrothis made an earlier post today that had this video on the side.
the link to mavrothis post in Oud Projects Forum is http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=4706
Regards,
Hamid
mavrothis - 11-28-2006 at 06:37 PM
Hey Hamid,
Cool article right? That Dr. Decker guy is pretty cool, I emailed with him a few times a while back. He was interested in experimenting with ouds
using his research, but it wasn't economically feasible for him without guaranteeing a relatively large order of ouds - which is understandable.
Anyway, I'm glad plenty of people are reading about these guys. We of course have our own innovator hard at work with what is probably the first oud
with a double soundboard. 
Take care,
mavrothis
will_oud - 11-29-2006 at 06:52 AM
What do you mean by double soundboard? Never heard of that before.
William F. Sparks
amtaha - 11-29-2006 at 08:45 AM
mavrothis is referring to Jameel's quietly carried out experiments with oud sound boards.
http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=3959&pa...
feels like we have a reveloution at hand. :-)