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Adel Salameh
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Matthias Wagner Syrian oud
Hello ,
This is my new oud by German master oud maker Matthias Wagner.
Soundfile and videos to follow.
best wishes,
Adel
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Adel Salameh
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suz_i_dil
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It is a wonderful work.
I'm just wondering why this choice of not varnishing the neck?
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francis
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I agree with suz_i_dil, really a wonderfull work.
With is it named "syrian"? Only visual specs or more?
Will you post a soundfile, Adel?
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francis
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What is the wood for pegs? Lemon, oliver tree?
I would like to find the same color for a set of pegs ( I like the aesthetic on a dark pegbox wood ). Are these pegs from a current production by
Matthias?
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Matthias
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Hello ,
I used olive wood for the pegs here. That looks phantastic and works very well.
The design of the pegs is taken from a old Bedrossian instrument from 1940, very comftable to use.
Matthias
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francis
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Hello Matthias,
Do you currently make it? I would like to buy one set if possible.
Colour and design are very fine!
Francis
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Adel Salameh
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dear Friends, I have not received the oud yet .... I will see Matthias this week end.....and I am sure that we will make some videos.
Best wishes,
Adel
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Adel Salameh
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dear Friend suz_i_dil, sorry I did not answer your question...
I do not like varnished oud, they look cheap to me....
the back of the oud is with French Polish, the soundoard is waxed and the neck does not need varnished as is it's made out of rosewood.
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Adel
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suz_i_dil
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Merci Adel pour cet éclaircissement. C'était juste par simple curiosité de ma part.
Whish you to enjoy your oud and looking forward to hear it!
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Alfaraby
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Beautiful looking oud, though olive wood is too oily to be used on ouds. It reminds us of souvenirs gifts from the Holy Land 
I'm quite sure neither Mathias nor Adel has noticed that this rosette says: "Ikhwan Nahat work in Damascus" on a repeated
mirror style calligraphy !
Mabrouk brother Adel Afendi, you deserve it, you sure do.
Yours indeed
Alfaraby
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sabbassi
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Congrats Adel,
Beautiful instrument Wagner
I my self use only french polish on the back. the neck/ body join is withount any hiding strip (the way to go), like classic guitars. I wish all oud
makers do it.
I would love to hear it,
enjoy it,
Best regards, Samir
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Matthias
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MAking lutes for over 30 years and using often olive wood for the pegs I could not find any problems. Where did you have your problems. Would be very
interested to know them.
On the other side rosewood and ebony making the problems. The violin makers have a lot to do to rearrange the pegs / pegholes from time to time.
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Matthias
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Brian Prunka
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Olive wood is an excellent peg wood. The "oily" nature makes it self-lubricating and smooth to operate as long as they are well-fitted. Many ouds
with olive pegs are poorly fitted, creating a misconception that the wood is to blame.
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rex2009
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What a lovely looking oud Adel. I am sure it is going to sound great. Waiting to hear though rather impatiently.
Salamaty
Tarig
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Hello Mattias,can you please send me via U2U the price for the olive tree pegs?I am interested please.
All the best
Spyros
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Matthias
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Hello Spyros,
thanks for your request. Unfortunately I cannot offer theese pegs for sale. I still have only a few pieces of olive wood, and theese I do need for my
own instruments. I will look around for more olive wood and if here is someone in the forum who can offer to me some wood, please contact me.
But I can offer theese pegs in boxwood and plumwood, both excellent woods for the pegs. You find them in my shop here:
http://music-strings.de/index.php?a=12612&lang=eng
http://music-strings.de/index.php?a=12930&lang=eng
http://music-strings.de/index.php?a=12929&lang=eng
If I can offer them, I will inform you here.
Wish you all the best
MAtthias
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Adel Salameh
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Hello,
These are some videos that Matthias has sent me while I am testing the oud.....
Thanks Matthias, it's a great oud.
best wishes,
Adel
http://youtu.be/NgSGdjRq4ik
http://youtu.be/nvyeyf4VlNk
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spyros mesogeia
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Thank you my friend,but I want olive oud pegs.
Regards from Washington DC
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Matthias
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HelloAlfaraby,
I would really be interested what for you speaks against olive wood for pegs. You say the oil in it. Rosewood and ebony have more. You ever used by
yourself olive wood for the pegs or had problems with that wood?
All the best
Matthias
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Alfaraby
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I have never checked rosewood or ebony oil rate, but as olive trees owners who have seen & checked olive stumps for the last 4 decades, we came
into conclusion that olive wood is not practical in the household. It's a fact we have never made any furniture from our wood. These stumps are used
in souvenir carpentry or a fuel fore fire places. Moreover, no oud has ever been made from olive wood in our places , while walnut was picked to be
the best for the ouds. Therefore, I have wondered once I saw olive pegs !
This does not mean I'm right & you, Mathias, are wrong. You're a reliable luthier whom I trust, so tell us why OLIVE ?
Yours indeed
Alfaraby
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Adel Salameh
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Dear friends, here is the sound of the oud, this was the first time that I hold the oud, any oud player will need some time to know the instrument ,
this video will give you an idea about the real sound of the oud, the video was recorded after I have finished tuning the oud....
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=219293014782322&comme...
best wishes,
Adel
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Sound beautiful, Will get even better with the time.
Jamil wa Hilw
Thanks for sharing
Best regards, Samir
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fernandraynaud
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Olive wood pegs are widely used, often stained black. They seem to work fine if the fitting is good.
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Adel can you perhaps post that video outside that swamp they call facebook?
But what a great-sounding oud (and player)!
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