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Shehata ouds available...

Mike - 6-1-2007 at 06:44 AM

Just received some photos of some ouds that are available from Maurice Shehata. You can contact Maurice's Email or email me for more details or if you want assistance on how to purchase.

Nahat Copy (walnut bowl, cedar top) $1000 USD (SOLD)

Palisander and Walnut Oud $800 USD (SOLD)

Palisander / Labakh Oud $800 USD (SOLD)

Mike - 6-1-2007 at 04:28 PM

The Nahat copy oud is no longer available but can be reproduced for anybody interested in this model oud.

SamirCanada - 6-1-2007 at 04:39 PM

Wow.... that one flew out like a fresh bread out the oven.

Nice looking ouds. Pass my Salutations on to Maurice from me. Iam still enjoying mine very much.

kader - 6-2-2007 at 03:16 AM

very nice and not expensive. i an very happy with my shehata oud

Mike - 6-2-2007 at 01:28 PM

Yeah, it went pretty quickly. Good news though is Mo is in the process of making two similar ouds. Here are two shots of the bowls. One bowl is entirely made of walnut, while the other one has 3 ribs of palisander where the inlay is done. Take a look. Both of these are available for 1000 USD.

Walnut with Palisander ribs

All Walnut

mhassan - 6-4-2007 at 01:03 PM

I am interested in the nahat oud ... how fast can it be produced?

arsene - 6-4-2007 at 01:06 PM

I wish I could afford to be interested! They look amazing!

Mike - 6-5-2007 at 06:21 AM

Hi mhassan,
I would imagine probably around another month or so. Send me an email so I can get you more details.
Take care,
Mike

Mike - 6-5-2007 at 05:53 PM

The labbakh and palisander oud is sold.

Mike - 6-6-2007 at 10:32 AM

The walnut palisander oud is also now sold. The 2 unfinished Nahat-esque ouds are still available.

More Shehata ouds...

Mike - 6-8-2007 at 06:43 AM

Email me if you are interested. The Nahat-esqe ouds are still available above.

Walnut $950 USD (SOLD)

Walnut and Palisander Bowl $850 USD (SOLD)

Mike - 6-9-2007 at 11:53 PM

The walnut and palisander oud with 3 oval soundholes is now sold.

rromadOud - 6-10-2007 at 07:09 PM

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Originally posted by Mike
The walnut and palisander oud with 3 oval soundholes is now sold.

Mike - 6-11-2007 at 08:34 PM

The walnut oud is now sold.

Melbourne - 6-16-2007 at 02:05 AM

Mike -

I don't know if you recall but I contacted you a couple of years ago regarding a custom made Shehata oud based on Nahat features...I've been fiddling with bits n pieces in photoshop ever since and I think I've nearly come up with something I would like put together - I would greatly appreciate your assistance once I have it all sorted. I will email you!

Cheers.

Mike - 6-16-2007 at 12:15 PM

Sounds good. I'll keep an eye out for the email.

Mike - 6-24-2007 at 07:14 PM

Two more Shehatas are available and ready to ship. Rosettes can be installed at no extra charge. Email me if you are interested.

Walnut with single elliptical soundhole - $850 USD

Walnut with three circular soundholes - $850 USD

Mike - 6-25-2007 at 05:19 AM

Here's one more. It's all ebony with tiny silver inlays. I still have to find out the price on this oud. Once I have it, I'll post it up.

Ebony Bowl with silver inlays - $2500 USD

Mike - 6-25-2007 at 08:40 AM

The price of the ebony oud with silver inlay is $2500 USD.

SamirCanada - 6-26-2007 at 09:47 AM

that last ebony oud is 7 courses 13 strings I just realized...
looks nice tooo

rromadOud - 6-26-2007 at 01:28 PM

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Originally posted by SamirCanada
that last ebony oud is 7 courses 13 strings I just realized...
looks nice tooo

Ya..................i like it too............
NICE!!!

Mike - 12-8-2007 at 10:25 AM

Have some more photos of 3 padauk ouds that are available from Maurice Shehata. You can contact Maurice's Email or email me for more details or if you want assistance on how to purchase. Rosettes can be added to the soundholes for any of these ouds.

Padauk 1 - $850 USD

Padauk 2 - $850 USD

Padauk 3 - $900 USD

Oud Freak - 12-8-2007 at 12:46 PM

These ouds (paduk 1 and paduk 3) are significantly better(aesthetically) than the first two ouds shown in the first post by Mike on 06.01.2007. In the first model (Nahat copy), the circle drawn around the rosette is not a circle, very unprecise. In the second one (Palissander and walnut), the rosettes and the decoration around them don't have a neat circular form. The ouds are sold, the post is old, but it is ok. Caring too much for the oud appearance and exactitude of its geometry as well as the smallest details. Cheers!

Greg - 12-8-2007 at 02:51 PM

Dear Oud Freak,

Elsewhere on these forums, it has been pointed out to you that it is not wise to criticize the geometry of an instrument, based upon low resolution photos, taken at an unknown angle. When you criticize an instrument's geometry, you are criticizing the competency of its maker. The two makers you have chosen to criticize in this way (Mourice Shehata and Nazih Ghadban) are recognized as two of the best oud craftsmen in the world.

I believe they deserve better than to be publicly judged by an anonymous person, on the basis of a couple of photos.

Greg

gilgamesh - 12-8-2007 at 05:56 PM

Hello OUd Freak!
Ouds are like humans, in my own simple point of view: Quality and beauty are inside (before all)!
The little superficial defects you have noticed, I think they don't matter, because they show a handmade and not robotic craftwork... and we musn't forget the pixelisation effect of the photograph. I'm sure that Maurice Shehata knows what a circle is!!!!

Perhaps do you think those ouds are freaks because your vision is so?

It's a richness that everyone could give his own opinion but i believe that the critical thinking is a constuctive feeling if you propose solutions, instead of showing the defects only.

This is a high resolution picture of my Shehata; It is not perfect as you can see, and not uggly too;It's simply a treasure because it makes me see "la vie en rose" and its real richness is not visible but audible.
ciao oudlookingfreak

Jason - 12-8-2007 at 11:31 PM

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Originally posted by gilgamesh
Hello OUd Freak!
Ouds are like humans, in my own simple point of view: Quality and beauty are inside (before all)!
The little superficial defects you have noticed,

He isn't noticing real defects though. He's making wild accusations of imprecise geometry based on low resolution jpg's taken in poor lighting and at angles that can distort shapes and measurements.

Oud Freak - 12-9-2007 at 12:06 AM

s, low resolution photos cannot distort a circle into something indefinite. If I ask for a oud to be perfect, there is nothing wrong in that. I wonder why the ouds of other luthiers (I don't want to do publicity) don't have these small imperfections. A european lute maker would not tolerate them, even though they are minor defects. A good luthier also would not tolerate a non aesthetic clean and neat bracing, even though it is not seen. Maybe they are some foreign lutes with a few defects, I don't know, but I never seen them yet. This forum is made to express ourselves because we love and somehow worship the instrument. Being demanding is not a lack of respect. As for Mr. Ghadban, I already communicated with him through U2U and he was very understanding, I really thank him a lot in front all of you. If ouds are a craftsman work that doesn't justify imperfections. Such imperfection would not be existing on good violins, even affordable ones. Regards

gilgamesh - 12-9-2007 at 04:31 AM

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Originally posted by Oud Freak
s, low resolution photos cannot distort a circle into something indefinite. If I ask for a oud to be perfect, there is nothing wrong in that. I wonder why the ouds of other luthiers (I don't want to do publicity) don't have these small imperfections. A european lute maker would not tolerate them, even though they are minor defects. A good luthier also would not tolerate a non aesthetic clean and neat bracing, even though it is not seen. Maybe they are some foreign lutes with a few defects, I don't know, but I never seen them yet. This forum is made to express ourselves because we love and somehow worship the instrument. Being demanding is not a lack of respect. As for Mr. Ghadban, I already communicated with him through U2U and he was very understanding, I really thank him a lot in front all of you. If ouds are a craftsman work that doesn't justify imperfections. Such imperfection would not be existing on good violins, even affordable ones. Regards

Hello Oudfreak!
Now I understand your point of view and somewhere I agree.Ciao amigo

Oud Freak - 12-9-2007 at 08:42 AM

Thx Gilgamesh for ur understanding.
Soon I'll try to take pics of some interesting ouds including mine and some friends' oud if they agree, so you see better what I mean.
I have a big problem, it's that I am a kind of oud slave, and I dream of making a good collection, unfortunatley not enough money, and if I do, I'll be kicked out from home, lol!
Cheers!

michoud - 12-9-2007 at 11:38 AM

Oud Freak I think no musical instrument is perfect, violins guitars ouds...no one is perfect.
i´ve studying luthery with a very very good violin maker, I know several incredible luthiers of cremona,and they make incredible violins, but never "perfect"
No instrument is perfectly symmetrical, the perfect symmetry is not pretty, and imposible to realice if you make with your hands!!!!( and I think is impossible to making it with machines)
is the same if you listen a computer rithm, it´s perfect but no pretty, perfection is not human, arts are made by humans, music is made by humans, human is not perfect - arts isn´t perfect.

amtaha - 12-9-2007 at 11:53 AM

It's all in the eye of the beholder, so perhaps we ought to let the beholder be ...

And for what it's worth, this now is bearing on a post-hijack. Especially in this thread, I think it is more appropriate to maintain discussions to whatever is relevant to the sale. Otherwise, we have a whole thread to ponder upon other issues and musings.

Hamid

Oud Freak - 12-9-2007 at 01:36 PM

Amtaha, it goes without saying that nothing is perfect, nothing is perfectly symmetric etc… of course. In executing construction works there is a certain small “error margin” (I don’t know how it is said in English).You are totally right in this point. There are limits somehow! An opening in a violin has to have a certain size, dimension and appearance. This kind of opening is not as obvious and easy as a circle! The oud subject in my comments is not a subject of a bad symmetry. The rosettes (the openings) are not exactly circular and the defect of the left one on the screen, and its contours are more than obvious, that’s all. Anyway, as for the thread subject u are absolutely right, it is about the sale! Fully agreed.