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Greg
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My Faruk Türünz oud
Hi all,
After a rather troublesome number of "UPS" delays, my new oud arrived last Tuesday.
The workmanship is extrordinary, it looks great and I love the sound. What more could anyone want?
My photography leaves a lot to be desired (like my playing), but here are a few pics.
Regards,
Greg
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mavrothis
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Gorgeous! Congratulations Greg, what a beautiful oud!
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Jameel
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Gorgeous, Greg. Is this an arabic oud? Tell us more....
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Mike
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Congratulations Greg! I'm glad it's finally there safe and sound. Usta Faruk did a fabulous job.
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Jonathan
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Oh, man, that is killer. What is that, mahogany? Looks unbelievably great. Congratulations!
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Greg
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Thanks for the nice comments guys.
I love this oud and I am very thankful to Faruk for his many kindnesses.
Jameel,
I asked Faruk to make it for Arabic tuning, but to retain the standard Turkish scale length. He offered to make it any length (or neck width) I
wanted, but I have become comfortable with 58.5 cm.
So the soundboard and braces are specially designed for the Arabic sound. The certificate says, :- The bracing model of this oud has been named as
"Arabic Sound - June 2005 Model."
Jonathan,
The bowl and neck wood is Pommele. According to Faruk, it is a rare kind of Mahogany.
It looks very similar to the beautiful mahogany on your new Dincer oud.
Regards,
Greg
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Mabrouk Haboub
Very good looking oud, obviously well made by an artist and top oud maker master Farouk.
You deserve everything good in this world Greg. I mean it mate.
Play in good health.
Kind Regards,
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Emad
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syrianoud
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Mabrouk....Very nice Oud
Mabrouk My dear friend Greg . Very nice Oud. Hope you will play it with good great health.
Hope that you doing great. God bless you and your family.
My very best regards...Samir.
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WOW!!! Mabrouk
Wonderfull job on the oud. Congradulations Greg 
Is it christmas yet? Or is everyone geting a new oud these days 
I love it. Mabrouk 3aleik again
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Mabrouk
beautiful wood. I hope you treat us with sound sample.
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tsugumi
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Congratulations Greg!!
!!!Wonderful, beautiful oud!!!
tsugumi
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Wm. De Leonardis
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Greg,
Congratulations on your new Faruk!!! It’s a beauty. I really like the wood you chose. Would you be so kind to post a close up picture of the
rosettes? They are very different from the ones on my Faruk. Maybe they’re the ones he uses on his Arabic ouds?
Let’s hear a sound clip, too! Play it in good health. 
William
p.s. I can’t really complain about you and Mav with your new ouds, as I’m incredibly lucky to own both a Faruk and a Dimitris. However, dang, if I
don’t want a Dincer, Ghadban, Shehata, Hankey, etc., too… Man, I’m a big baby!!! 
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Greg
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Thanks again to everybody for your congratulations. Getting a new oud is such a pleasurable experience and it is made even more so when you can share
the passion with such a great group of similarly afflicted friends.
As always, thanks Mike for these great forums. What would we do without you, mate?
William, sorry I haven't posted the closeups of the rosettes yet. I will get to it, I promise.
Regards,
Greg
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oud video
Greg,
I have recently put a short video of Yurdal Tokcan with your oud. He had made a rast taksim in the workshop just before I shipped it to Australia.
Regards.
http://www.oudmaster.com/php/modules.php?name=Musiki&op=player&...
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farukturunz
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Appreciation and Gratitude
I must state my appreciation to the Mike's Forums and submit my gratitude to Mike for his great favor administering such a vast website.
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Greg
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Thanks Faruk, somehow it sounds better when Yurdal plays it than when I play it, I wonder why
BTW, I don't know if anybody else has a probelm playing the videos from your new site, but none of them play properly for me. The sound is okay, but
the vision freezes.
Does anybody else have this problem?
Regards,
Greg
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farukturunz
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OK Greg, I will tell this to Sinan. He is the maker of the site. I believe he will arrange it soon.
Regards
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Beautiful ud Greg, congratulations!
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Greg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Wm. De Leonardis
[snip Would you be so kind to post a close up picture of the rosettes? They are very different from the ones on my Faruk. Maybe they’re the ones he
uses on his Arabic ouds? [snip]
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Sorry for the delay William, here are the requested pictures.
As a matter of interest, I have also posted a picture of the centre (ivory) part of the shams on a 1912 Roufan Nahat.
Compare the small rosettes on my Faruk oud with the Nahat picture. Good design never dies 
Thanks again everyone for your nice comments.
Regards,
Greg
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Wm. De Leonardis
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Greg,
Thanks so much for the photos! The rosettes are very beautiful. You’re right; a good design never goes out of style. Faruk really understands that
principal.
I look forward to hearing it.
Best,
William
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Greg
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My playing has never been at a standard that would do justice to this beautiful instrument and that is why I have never uploaded an audio file. But
yesterday, I was lucky enough to spend a few hours with Joe and James Tawadros and we videotaped a few bits and pieces that included a nice taqsim on
my oud. The recording suffered a little from a combination of my light string gauges and being recorded using my ordinary inbuilt camcorder microhone,
but you'll get the idea.
You can find the file here:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=jdr-ShQ8KIc
I have also attached a couple of happy snaps.
And yes, I have also videotaped Joe's new JT model Faruk oud. Hopefully, I will get a short clip up today.
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wow.
Thats some awsome pictures Greg.
and that oud really sounds great in his hands.
thank you dearly for sharing this.
this is what makes me dig the forums soo much.
its what its all about.
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MatthewW
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a beautiful looking instrument in every way, from the rosette to that lovely pommele bowl; play it long and in good health!
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Congratulations.
As usual it's beautiful and your photography is fine. No problem. It looks like Mr. Turunz has changed his shape a little? Maybe that or maybe it's
the perspective. Possibly a little flatter bottom? Whatever the case Mr. Turunz' instruments are always first rate whatever shape he uses. And a great
oud makes you play better, always. Lintfree
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Ah, wonderful, simply wonderful.
CQ
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