danieletarab
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Strings for my reduced price Turunz oud
Dear members,
I own a REDUCED PRICE arabic oud from Usta Faruk Turunz.
As you know it has a 58.5 string lenght (C tuning)
At the moment I am using PYRAMID orange label on it: they sound good but the strings are quite "loose": in other words, they have quite a low
tension.
I would like to try an higher tension.
Do you have any C arabic strings set to suggest for higher tension?
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Matthias
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Quote: Originally posted by danieletarab  | Dear members,
I own a REDUCED PRICE arabic oud from Usta Faruk Turunz.
As you know it has a 58.5 string lenght (C tuning)
At the moment I am using PYRAMID orange label on it: they sound good but the strings are quite "loose": in other words, they have quite a low
tension.
I would like to try an higher tension.
Do you have any C arabic strings set to suggest for higher tension? |
Hello Daniele,
you can try this set:
http://music-strings.de/navi.php?a=9937&lang=eng&
Regards
Matthias
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franck leriche
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I agree with MAtthias, this is a great set of string for your oud, Though I prefer to have a lighter tension for the first and second courses.
You may have to open up slightly the bridge hole for the second courses with Matthias set.
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danieletarab
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Thanks a lot mr Matthias and mr Franck!
I wouldn't like to open up the hole. I don't know how to do it and I would prefer to leave the oud as it is. Are you sure I would really need to do
it with the set Matthias suggested? What does Matthias think about it?
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Brian Prunka
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| Quote: Originally posted by franck leriche | I agree with MAtthias, this is a great set of string for your oud, Though I prefer to have a lighter tension for the first and second courses.
You may have to open up slightly the bridge hole for the second courses with Matthias set. |
I agree with Franck here. This set is almost exactly what I use on my 59cm oud except with .625 c' and .775 g (or PVF .52 and .70).
These are great strings.
The set listed has a very heavy gg course, it's quite possible that Turunz didn't make the second course hole big enough—standard Turkish sets use a
much thinner string, about .62 PVF or .725 nylon for that course.
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Matthias
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| Quote: Originally posted by Brian Prunka |
The set listed has a very heavy gg course, it's quite possible that Turunz didn't make the second course hole big enough—standard Turkish sets use a
much thinner string, about .62 PVF or .725 nylon for that course. |
I never saw it and really cannot imagine that someone is doing a string hole at the bridge thinner than 1 mm. So the strings I suggested should go
through the holes without any problem.
I drill my hole with 1.1 - 1.2 mm
Best regards
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