MARTAN - 5-16-2007 at 09:03 PM
HI TO ALL MEMBERS
I HAVE JUST ACQUIRED A "AHMED ABDOUL HALIM EGYPTIAN OUD
"ACCORDING TO THE LABEL INSIDE " SECOND HAND AND NOT IN A TO BAD CONDITION
IT WILL NEED A LITTLE TIME AND MONEY SPENT ON IT IS THERE BY ANY CHANCE DOES ANY MEMBER HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE MAKER
I THINK HIS WORKSHOP IS IN CAIROE ,EGYPT
REGARDS TO ALL MEMBERS
MARTIN
oudplayer - 5-17-2007 at 07:28 AM
hey martan
Ma ya"niam?
ok this is the way the make goes i think . his ouds are bascily made mass productive they keep makign to make money, they are really hit or miss, i
have 2 made by him andthey were both a hit they sound great and i am happy with them . some of them have very thick faces so u have to watch out for
it , i know that i have the exact same oud and modal that ahmed quseem played the adani master, so there not that bad.
where did u get it in israel and how much you pay . if you dont mind me asking ,
can u post a pic of front and back
kol tov
sammy
MARTAN - 5-17-2007 at 11:06 PM
Sammy Shalom
The bad news is I am in London till 23rd of this month so I cant sent you and pics till I get back to Eilat.
Would you belive I found the oud in Eilat from a guy who lives near me he is a oud player from Morroco.Learnt from his farther..unbleavable luck for
me ,as i now have somebody in eilat who is on the same wave lenght.
He has a collection of 5 ouds.
I paid
him 100$ he wanted 200 but it needs a little work on it cleaning ect,ect but all the strings are new and the the final sound is just what I have been
looking for. Shabbat shalom Martin
oudplayer - 5-18-2007 at 02:27 PM
hey martan
tov ma"od I am very happy for you man i really am , is funny because i was on my mapeset in ramat beit shemesh and i was playing out around
midnight and someone yells achi you playing the oud, and i found out later he was a teacher the bad part was i found this out the night i left for
the year. if i would have known i would have got lessons from him he was accually very good player,
anyway i would love to see the oud you got and be " emeritz hashem i will be in israel in december and i plan to take my brother to eilat for 2 days
so maybe we can met up and havea a hafla bye the water i knwo a good resturant,
anyway i would love to see yr oud and when you get back to eretz Yisraoel post a pic.
safe jorney
thx sammy
shaboth sholem
info needed
MARTAN - 5-24-2007 at 09:08 PM
Sammy Ma Ya "yanim"booka tov
Enclosed are a couple of pictures after my restoration.
I am really happy with the instrument,but a little more work is needed ie;filler on the face board ect,ect
but it souds good.
Had to re string 1 and 2 (broke on re tuning)but otherwise a great purchase.
I now have 2 ouds in the family 1 Arbic tuned and 1 Turkish tuned.The turkish oud will need some work on it ,but I am learning about hide glue and
laquers ect ,40 deg today must keep the humiderfier on other wise big TROUBLE
S/Shalom Martin