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[*] posted on 4-10-2013 at 07:27 PM
Oud maker from egypt


Salam,
does any one know about the egyptian oud maker Tharwat?

greetings
Muhssin
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[*] posted on 4-11-2013 at 01:52 PM


Quote: Originally posted by muhssin  

does any one know about the Egyptian oud maker Tharwat?

Tharwat Saber is one of the living "not bad" luthiers in Cairo.
His sons Maged, Maher & Ramy have joined in, promoting their father's production. As young as they are, they're pretty active in the net. They tape their ouds & upload them to youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e_brUqypNk), they have joined facebook (https://ar-ar.facebook.com/TharwatSaber1), they make what's needed to put their father "on the map" & they seem to manage.

A great luthier of my acquaintances used to say: "I don't want any promotion nor advertising for my ouds. My oud makes the whole job for me" ! Therefore pushing things into one's throat is not a kind of things I'd like or choose.

I haven't seen nor tried any of these ouds, but a reliable Egyptian friend of mine, on whom I count, had decided to try one of Saber's ouds and placed an order . He told me: "It's good, but not superior, fair price with no defects but poor wooded. Not bad you may quote me". End of quotation !

Well, I am sad to say so, but there's no great Egyptian new ouds nowadays . Maybe Shehata's workshop manages to produce one of more a year, but all the others', including late Fathy Amin's son, Tharwat Saber, Morad Torky etc... are the same like "Jawharat Al Fann" commercial ouds. You may get lucky and find a great one, but luck should not play the main role in choosing an oud.

Good LUCK :)

Yours indeed
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[*] posted on 4-12-2013 at 08:53 AM


Thank you Alfaraby for your reply.
Do you know any thing about his old Productions?
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[*] posted on 4-12-2013 at 12:19 PM


None ! Sorry Muhssin
I hope I could be of more help

Yours indeed
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