shareen - 9-1-2009 at 08:29 PM
Master Faruk Turunz will be attending a luthier festival in Woodstock, New York on Oct. 23-25. http://www.WoodstockInvitational.com. In his continuing quest to be on the cutting edge of of his craft, he is graciously joining this showcase
of some of the top guitar builders in the world. Showing off Master Turunz's instuments will be Ara Dinkjian, who will offer a clinic on Saturday,
Oct. 24. Ara will also be playing a concert with his trio in Woodstock on Friday night, Oct. 23. Haig Manukian will be joining us on Sunday and will
also be playing Master Faruk's ouds. For those of you who have dreamed of meeting Master Faruk and speaking to him in person about having him build
one for you, this is your chance, and you don't even have to pay for the plane ticket to Istanbul! Hope to see you all there! 
katakofka - 9-2-2009 at 08:28 AM
Is he bringing with him ouds??????
mavrothis - 9-2-2009 at 05:56 PM
That's really great news! Do you have any more information for those of us interested in attending, like address, times, or maybe just a website for
the event?
Thanks!
mavrothis
farukturunz - 9-2-2009 at 11:51 PM
Thank you Shareen for announcing my attending to the Luthiers Festival in Woodstock. I was thinking about making the announcement by myself
after taking entrance visa to the USA in coming days.
Dear Souheil, I will be coming to the USA with two of my work fellows and bringing some 5-6 ouds with us. One out of six has been
pre-ordered, the others are for exhibition and sale.
Those ouds’ specifications are:
1- Wenge-Padouk, Grand Concert Braced for Arabic sound
2- Dalbergia Spruceana G.C. Turkish Oud
3- Mahogany-Padouk Quality Oud, Turkish
4- Sapele Pommele Double Soundboard designed for Arabic sound
Dear Mavrothis, the link for the event is below:
http://www.woodstockinvitational.com./
Hoping to see all oud lovers living in the States, in Woodstock.
DaveH - 9-3-2009 at 12:17 AM
Good luck with that visa, and don't fly United!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo
farukturunz - 9-4-2009 at 12:07 AM
Thanks Dave H! I will fly with Delta Airlines