PaulS
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Oud maintenance
I have a Turkish oud (Ali Nisadir) and live in Halifax—where there are a few oud players! I am asking about any oud repair/maintenance within my
driving reach. It may end up being something serious or maybe not. Since I tried two set of new strings recently (Pyramid and La Bella) I have
developed a really irritating buzz on the g string—especially on B sharp/flat. So it might be just the strings but I began worrying that it could be
something loose inside. I do drive to Ottawa/Montreal and sometimes also to Boston so if you know anyone enroute…I would appreciate advice.
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maraoud108
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Chris Pantazelos is just outside of Boston in Lowell. Does great work. Trained by the master, Peter Kyvelos.
https://www.spartaninstruments.com/about-us.html
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PaulS
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Cracked rosette!
I have discovered two tiny cracks in the rosette. When I touch they somehow realign and the buzzing stops, then comes back after awhile. Hard to
imagine something so tiny could cause such discord! Anybody have any ideas? Does it have to be replaced? It doesn’t appear to be loose… or is
there some other fix?
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coolsciguy
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What material is the rosette? care to share a picture?
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PaulS
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https://share.icloud.com/photos/024VxRtphSNaTQ4zUlLcZv2tw
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PaulS
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Just above and to the left of the central circle
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coolsciguy
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Is this bone or plastic? My luthier once told me to use superglue if the rosette partially detached from the soundboard. I'd try dropping small amount
of super glue on (both sides of) the cracks and then realigning. Hopefully this will mend the crack for a while till you can get to a luthier.
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PaulS
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THANKS!
Yeah I think it’s plastic. I will figure out how to superglue the crack.
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