Dr. Oud
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Hana Nahat Barbat 1924
Anybody seen another one of these?
string length = 54.3 cm
body length = 39cm
neck length = 23cm
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Danielo
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hi Richard,
interesting find.. a similar one poped out one year ago :
http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=8513#pid550...
do you think the soundboard is original?
Dan
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Notice how the bridge on this one seems to be put on backwards? Though looking at it makes me think this way would be better.
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It's the same oud,or barbat or lauda, whatever. The bridge was a replacement, with a forward tie block. I replaced it with a center tie block as all
Nahats had. The soundboard is original, in my opinion; the pegs and pegbox are an original Nahat design as well. I wonder if a Turkish or Persian
player ordered it with this configurtion?
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ALAMI
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Hi Richard,
This design similar to barbat and laouta have always existed in Lebanon and Syria but was never very popular, in Lebanon they call it "oud Akkar",
Akkar being a region in the extreme Northern Lebanon and I've heard the name "Nashaat Kar" used in Syria.
A lebanese luthier, George Bitar, still make it on order and I think that Ibrahim Sukkar in Aleppo also still make it.
I've seen it recently used in Lebanon by a band of 5 ouds. don't remember the name of the group.
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I see, this is why they look so much similar 
here is the modern Sukar version :
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Quote: Originally posted by ALAMI  | | ...This design similar to barbat and laouta have always existed in Lebanon and Syria but was never very popular, in Lebanon they call it "oud Akkar",
Akkar being a region in the extreme Northern Lebanon and I've heard the name "Nashaat Kar" used in Syria... |
Thank you Alami, this is very interesting information. I have seen other Nahat ouds made for children and women, but not one with this longer neck
before. Here's a picture of 1889 Abdo hanum and 1930 Abdo George hanum. BTW, "Ashkar" a the Persian word for "small".
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