SamirCanada - 7-15-2014 at 05:17 AM
I want to share with you a special oud I am repairing for our fellow member Journeyman.
Its a 1978 Foad Haidar oud from Damascus. I repaired a friend's oud which was made by the same maker a few years ago.
Nice deep sound, lots of inlays. They are also quite big.
repairs include: neck reset, new pegs, new nut, fix some cracks in the top.
You can see in the pictures, the tool I made to determine the exact location of the dowel hole in the neck block. Also a shot of the new action. The
original action was at 5mm!
Doc139 - 7-15-2014 at 08:48 AM
Beautiful instrument ! - happy owner ... 
Alexander
SamirCanada - 7-17-2014 at 04:49 AM
The oud gets some new pegs,
these are the boxwood pegs available from Oudstrings.com
I try to build a taper on my pegs so they become progressively shorter as we progress towards the tip of the pegbox. I find it more elegant than
having full size pegs at the tip of the pegbox.
I think they are phenomenal pegs and will work well in this walnut pegbox.
hamed - 7-17-2014 at 05:40 AM
Nice work Samir. Are you able to retain the same neck / string length after the reset or are you losing some material due to planing?
SamirCanada - 7-17-2014 at 05:51 AM
I tried to limit it but there will be some material lost (aprox, 3 mm). It wont affect playability very much however.
I could have replaced the lost material with a spacer but it would have compromised the look of the oud, given the inlay patern on the back of the
neck and on the fingerboard/beard since those have to match.
hamed - 7-17-2014 at 01:52 PM
how low is the action on the oud now after the repair?
SamirCanada - 7-17-2014 at 04:08 PM
I didnt measure, maybe between 2 and 3mm. you can see in the picture, its pretty low. hopefully there wont be a buzz but we cant tell until we put the
strings on.
may need to be some adjustments at the bridge or sanding of the neck.
journeyman - 7-17-2014 at 07:14 PM
I'm so glad you agreed to repair this oud Samir; much appreciated and keep up the good work. -Roy
SamirCanada - 7-18-2014 at 04:27 AM
You are most welcome Roy, thanks for entrusting me with this beauty.
Jason - 7-22-2014 at 10:55 AM
Nice work Samir! It is cool to see how much the color of those inlays have changed over the years when you took the neck off!
SamirCanada - 7-28-2014 at 09:22 PM
Here is a quick video I did of the Oud. The repairs are done and went well thank god.
Not the loudest oud since it has a very thick soundboard, but still a sweet aged tone.
http://youtu.be/fzNlfF8cIW0
journeyman - 7-29-2014 at 07:30 PM
Very nice Samir; looking forward to picking it up. Thanks for posting the clip. -Roy