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1966 Mahmoud Haddad
I acquired this oud from Al Gardener's estate through Jameel, It has the appearance of being played a lot, repaired a few times, but with skill. Check
the MOP & red abalone fingerboard, Zowee!
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Here's the back, this design is identical to an oud I got from Fadil Shaheen in SF in 1975.
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the neck and pegbox were delaminated
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as was the shamsiya
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the face had several open cracks and seams - this was the worst, the face is delamininated from the brace a little bit.
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the back also has some cracks,
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Dr. Oud
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and some of the inlay is missing
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the face crack was glued together and blocked to hold it down on the brace
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the inside of the crack is reinforced with parchment paper (between the braces) infused with hide glue
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The back crack was re-glued, and a block is used to align the edges. These rubber bands are made with strips cut from a bicycle inner tube, tied
together to make a band just the right size for the pressure needed. Not too much, just enough. The tape on the face is holding down another crack and
delaminated edge tile section.
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Richard - what are those transverse strips on the belly - between the fingerboard and rose? They look a bit like wooden frets but are on the 'wrong
side' (except for a left handed player) and inverted (longer at the rose than at the fingerboard).
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The marks are pencil lines. I removed some with a soft eraser, and will try progressively more aggresive erasers to remove the rest. I have no idea
what they are for, they are evenly spaced and I doubt they were for finger positions. The face shows wear consistant with a right hand player. Here's
the label
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zalzal
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Made by Mahmud al 7addad
Damas: Yarmouk camp
15 june 1966 ???
Can somebody correct pls??
A marvellous palestinian oud made in a Syrian refugee camp extensively played by armenian artist in USA being now repaired by oud experts american
hands...that's how the world should work all time....
Dr Oud I enjoy a lot yr posts.
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Well at least this oud has fallen into good hands....looking forward to the end result.. BTW it would be interesting to see how the right hand wear
on the high register above the raqma is going to be treated.
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Agreed Zalzal, except the fact that man was forced to live in a refugee camp.
Lets keep praying and playing 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Melbourne
Well at least this oud has fallen into good hands....looking forward to the end result.. BTW it would be interesting to see how the right hand wear
on the high register above the raqma is going to be treated. |
I plan on sealing the surface in the worn area, that's it. Any filler would affect the sound and I'm certainly not going to sand it down. Even if a
hole is worn through the face I wouldn't try to repair it as the oud will sound best if the face is as original as possible. I've seen many
instruments with holes worn through the face and they still sounded fine.
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zalzal
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Yes Palestine48, am with you, we cannot complete all our thoughts when writing posts here in approximate poor engligh, but it was totally my thought
as well.
Not like others who express exactly the marvellous things they are capable to accomplish with just some precise explanations in perfect and technical
english like Dr Oud here (you ca not imagine the efforts i do to understand here, as i even do not know these technical words in french.) but passion
is passion.
Looking forward to follow this mirage.
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Gorgeous oud. Happy that Richard is working on it. Indeed the world would be wonderful if everything worked like this (except th e refugee camps of
course). The way the address is given takes me back to my youth. It says "...next to the Carmel movie theatre"
that's how shops used to identify themselves e.g. "behind the train station", etc. By the way I think the date is August 1, 1966
Spyros C.
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Very interesting, I was in Damas in 1996, staying at the Shahara hotel and taking the tour bus into Damascus twice a day. It was a great adventure
although I didn't find any good ouds for sale. I was on a family trip and spent most of the time shopping or at mosques (Roghieh (sp?)was my fav).
Damas is just outside Damascus, right? I did get to accompany Howeida at the hotel. Zowee!
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ok, back to the Haddad...Crackes in the back (several) are pushed open, glue rubbed in and taped together...
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... and reinforced inside with parchment paprer infused with hide glue
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The bracelet was removed with the loose neck. It's kinda ornate so I'll put it back on after the neck is re-mounted.
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Because of the damage and weakness of the thin veneer, I decided to replace the backplate with a thicker piece of walnut. I used my heat gun to bend
it
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I cut a caul to match the curve of the pegbox and padded it with some scrap leather
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then clamped it together with some tapered shims shoved in the end where theclamp didn't reach.
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