Nothing to do with what peg ...
On the oud the place where the neck joins the body is special. It's exactly 1/3 of the way to the bridge. Using Western terminology, if your
instrument is tuned correctly in ascending fourths, and if you finger on this place on a string it will play the same note as if you play the string
below it, but an octave higher. On the D string this "fret" will play A, and the string below the D string should be tuned to A an octave lower. So if
your neck is different and does not behave like this, if it is shorter or longer, what you have is not an oud. There are countless variants on the
lute theme from all over the world, and some even look a lot like an oud. The position of the neck-body joint on the fretboard is just one of many
characteristics that "make an oud", but it's one of them for sure. Playing harmonics at the neck-body joint and the note two half steps lower is an
excellent way to tune the oud.
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