sandoval
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questions about strings and who can make a new rossette in Turkey
Hello all
I´ve been following this forum for a while and it is great!
I have a couple of questions
1º Which pyramid strings you advice me for my floating bridge 58,5 oud? to tune it in Fa, I don´t want to spend now the money for lute strings, so I
prefer to try a cheaper set. If not pyramid, what you advice me?
Also I have an oud that the rossette is missing, so I want to find a luthier who can make a new one, big central one made by wood, and the small one
made by bone, I have the model ready.
I´m currently living in Turkey, so is there any luthier who can make this rossette for me here? I don´t mind if they use laser to do it, maybe it
will be better because it will be much cheaper.
any advice?
thanks a lot!
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Brian Prunka
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You can use the regular Pyramid 650 (Orange set) and just add the high f'f' (I have these in my shop). The only issue I can see is that some of the
strings might be a bit short for some floating bridge ouds.
LaBella OU80A is a pretty standard choice for this tuning. You can also use Aquila—you just have to buy the high f'f' course separately.
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SamirCanada
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+1 for the labella, this is what I used to do for my floating bridge ouds on the cheap. Decent strings but not quite as nice as the custom strings
from D'addario or Pyramid lute.
Go see a oud maker somewhere in town I am sure someone can help you out. If you want something really nice, I would consider seeing this lady who is a
sedefkar (professional sedef worker) her name is Fatma Ayran. You can find her on facebook as Sedefkar Fatma Ayran. Her work is stunning.
@samiroud Instagram
samiroudmaker@gmail.com
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sandoval
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Thank you very much for the info
I´ll check Fatma Ayran, and also try to find some oud makers and ask, the thing is that I´m in the east of Turkey, not much of oud things here, this
is the kingdom of the baglama!
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