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Help! Looking for Classical Kemenche and Tanbur

neyzen - 3-13-2008 at 05:33 AM

Hi Guys,

I'm looking for a Classical Kemenche and Tanbur luthier. Does anyone know/recommend where I could purchase these instruments?

I've had a brief look around on google but I didn't get any immediate/obvious results.

Many thanks!

Murat

oudipoet - 3-13-2008 at 09:19 AM

merhaba murat
nerede ikamet ettigini bilmiyorum ama eger yurtdisinda yasiyorsan online olarak ulasabilecegin kemence ve tanbur yapimcilari kisitli eger orta derece isciligi fena olmayan ve orta duzeyde bir enstruman istiyorsan ben sahsen http://www.cankayamuzikevi.com/ sayin sadrettin sandi beyi tavsiye ederim gercekten iyi bir firma iyi kalite orta duzeyde enstrumanlar uretiyorlar ve fiyatlarida fena degil and ozel yapim islemeli falan iyi bir enstruman almak isterim diyorsan http://www.veyselmuzik.com/tr/index.php sayin cengiz sarikus beyi tavsiye ederim sayfalarinda da gorebilecegin gibi gercekten cok hos gorunumlu kemenceleri var.

online olarak ulasabiliecegin ve iki urunude imal eden ve uluslar arasi kargo yapan benim bildigim bu iki sirket ve usta var umarim yardimci olabilmisimdir.

not:eger yardimci olabilecegim baska birsey olursa bana ozelden mesaj atabilirsin

saygilar

Alan-TX - 3-13-2008 at 10:16 AM

I do not personally know anything about this builder nor do I play kemenche so ymmv. His works looks good <g>

http://www.spikefiddle.com/instrumentsframe.htm

pirsultan - 3-13-2008 at 04:02 PM

The link given by Alan-TX is to an Australian instrument maker called Peter Biffen. He is one of the best and most experimental luthiers in Australia and has been making instruments (guitars and early music instruments especially) as far as I am aware since the 1970s. I have a chittara moresca (a medieval European version of the saz) made by him which is beautiful. More recently he has been experimenting with a thing he calls the "tarhu" which comes in various forms based on instruments such as the yayli tanbur and kabak kemane (spike fiddle). He used to make ouds too a long time ago - not sure if he still does. The person pictured playing the lyra tarhu is the great Ross Daly of course.

In regards to classical kemenches, you could also look at Veysel Muzik Evi. Cengiz Sarikus I know makes good quality instruments. http://www.veyselmuzik.com/tr/klasik_kemence.php

[Eyvallah Cengiz baba, nasılsınız? Sizden aldığım Ohanyian kopuz sever evde kalıyor. Görüşürüz}

neyzen - 3-14-2008 at 02:37 AM

Thanks for the replies pirsultan, Alan-tx and oudipoet!

Peter Biffin's instruments look and sound just amazing! But the price tag is around 5k. Which is a bit much for me as a phd student :p

I'll definitely try Cankayamuzik and Veyselmuzik. I'll let you guys know of the result..

Thanks!
Murat

veyselmaster - 3-14-2008 at 08:15 AM

Hello Dear Pirsultan and Oudipoet thank you very much.
Im fine everythink is fine Im making very busy very busennes and order how are you pirsultan I wait to istanbul and if my frend finish pirsultan abaout the book I send for you .

Best regards

Monty88 - 3-15-2008 at 11:19 PM

Neyzen, where are you based?

I have a classical Kemence from Cankaya, it is very good. They make very nice kemenclar, they are not as good as something from Resat Uca or Veysel...but they are are between intermediate to professional, if not professional. Mine has a very nice sound. If you are interested in pictures, I can send them to you, just send me a U2U with your email.

I maybe interested in selling mine, I like playing kemence, but i need to fund a new oud eventually....

pad

neyzen - 3-16-2008 at 04:46 AM

Monty88, I have sent you a u2u.

Also I'm interested to know what oud you are looking forward to buying?

Cheers,
Murat

virtuoz - 3-17-2008 at 12:04 PM

Arkadaşlar bu güne kadar videolarıma görüş bildiren kişilere ilgilerinden dolayı çok teşekkür ederim.İstediğiniz saz semaisi varsa bana bildirin çakimlerini yapıp onlarıda icra etmeye çalışalım.Dr.Cengiz Sarıkuş ve Veysel Sarıkuş un elinden geçen udları çalmak benim için bi şeref oldu.saygılar sevgiler.....