| Pages:
1
2 |
Jameel
Oud Junkie
Posts: 1672
Registered: 12-5-2002
Member Is Offline
Mood: No Mood
|
|
Those are the best pics I have.
Joe, I've always wanted to build a replica of this oud, and I've spent a fair amount of time trying to break down the process over the past few years.
Wow. It's been over 4 years since I posted that! Mostly its an issue of duplicating the complex inlays. I've figured out the pattern for the finer
geodesic-style geometric pattern (the other ribbon-style one is easy), but making it in a large quantities is the problem. I won't do it unless it
looks exactly like the original. Some of the pieces are about the size of a toothpick, and they are crisp. Abdo, or whoever did the inlay, was at the
top of his game. Same with the bird and vine pattern, that's extremely fine work just to cut out, and inlaying it is even trickier. I don't see any
filler around the inlay. It's really impeccable. The rosette is doable. I'd love to document this instrument with photos and measurements, but who
knows where it is? I've tried to contact Hamza's widow with no luck.
|
|
|
Mrcook
Oud Admirer
Posts: 7
Registered: 5-3-2015
Location: London
Member Is Offline
|
|
Hi, Rufi said that Hamza used La Bella au80a strings, and tuned his oud DGADGC, would anyone recommend these strings for this tuning?
|
|
|
Brian Prunka
Oud Junkie
Posts: 2939
Registered: 1-30-2004
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Member Is Offline
Mood: Stringish
|
|
I don't know who Rufi or Hamza are, or why this unrelated comment is on an ancient thread, but the OU80A LaBella set is made for this tuning:
F A d g c' f'
|
|
|
| Pages:
1
2 |
![[*]](images/xmbprobrown/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
