zinnia - 2-14-2004 at 08:20 PM
Could anyone please tell me where to buy an oud near Boston?? I am willing to go to New York if necessary.
spyros mesogeia - 2-15-2004 at 08:08 AM
Dear friend.....
You can wait a little bit....some friends of ours,Mavrothis and Mike,are in Egypt......I am sure that they will arrive with some goodones....
What level of oud do you interresting for,and what type ofcourse....?
Regards to all
Ouds In Bostons
freya - 2-15-2004 at 11:48 AM
There is the famous:
PETER KYVELOS & CHRISTOS PANTAZELOS
"Unique Strings" in Belmont, MA (outside of Boston)
Tel: (617) 489-1254
I live outside Boston, but, to tell the truth I just assumed I wouldn't be able to afford an instrument from Kyvelos so I am having one made by
Maurice Shehata in Cairo.
freya - 2-15-2004 at 11:50 AM
BTW, Kareem Roustom has a workshop at Passimon the two next Sundays as well as an extention course at NEC if you aren't already aware of them.
zinnia - 2-15-2004 at 12:57 PM
Thank you all for the information. I also unfortunately cannot afford to buy an oud from Kyvelos, but I will look into Shehata. I am just starting to
play the oud, and therefore I am not looking for a professional grade oud at this time. A student grade would be just fine. Any further suggestions
would be greatly appreciated.
Kindly,
zinnia
shehata ouds
mavrothis - 2-15-2004 at 04:01 PM
hello from egypt. i have already been to mr. shehata's workshop with mike and we picked a batch of ouds he will finish for us by this saturday.
Take care,
mavrothis
Zulkarnain - 2-16-2004 at 04:40 AM
Mav
Can you inform Mr Sheehata about me a lil bit-Im planning to get him to build an Oud for me (indentical to the one that he made for Abadi-but Im
requesting a smaller size or maybe the same should be ok) Let me know his price and some details about his work-Thanks
Salam
Zul
mavrothis - 2-17-2004 at 01:57 PM
Salam my friend. We would be happy to mention something for you. I don't know what he'll be able to tell us, but i'll let you
know.
i'm sure mike will be more than happy to help you out w/ contact info. for mr. shehata, and anything else that might be of help.
take care,
mav
Zulkarnain - 2-17-2004 at 07:42 PM
Hi
Thanks...say hi to Mike for me. If you find any good oud book (with CD) or Video please get them for me alright. We discuss the rest when you back in
the states.
Thanks Mav!
mavrothis - 2-22-2004 at 02:43 PM
Hi Zul, just letting you know we've met with Mr. Shehata a few times. He's really a great guy, and his ouds are a great combination of
attractive looks and rich, strong sound. I'm excited about them.
We told him about you, and like we thought, he's made many for Abadi Johar so he would need a specific instrument reference. You should do that
yourself to be right on with what you want.
He's a very cool guy, spending time with him was another great highlight of this trip.
Take care,
mav