Hibari-San
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Buzuq
I have built a buzuq or bouzouki !?
Maybe you could help me identify this instrument 
Sounds courious I know, but i built it without a plan just intuitively.
It has a short scale (53cm) 4 pairs of strings and at the moments greek strings (also tuned to CDAF)
Body walnut (70 years old), neck maple, top spruce
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Hibari
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Jody Stecher
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Given the 53 cm scale I would say it is a sort of mandola. It looks nice. I don't understand the tuning. Which direction are you going please? High to
low? Low to high? Standard Greek bouzouki low to high would be C F A d. It's like the 4 high strings of a guitar one step low and the C and F tuned
in octaves and the two high courses in unison. Mandola tuning would be C G d a.
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Hibari-San
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Ohhhh sorry !!! It is indeed CFAD the typical greek tuning. I dont know why I typed it that wrong 
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Hibari
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Kelly
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Nice work Hibari. Looks a handsome instrument. I'd be interested in sound file if you could post one?
Kelly
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