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1954 Gamil George restoration
Almost 2 years ago I accepted a project to restore an old Gamil George oud. The condition was a result of bad repair and neglect. The face seams were
open, the edging had separated from the body in the lower section, the neck was loose and the pegbox damaged in the mounting notch. An inspection
inside with a mirror revealed that the entire inside of the face had been coated with polyvinyl glue!
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here the edging has been removed, but because the body had been separated for so long the old tiles would not close the gap so new edge tiles needed
to be fabricated.
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The face was removed and the layer of glue was scraped off. All the braces had been gounted with polyvinyl glue as well, so each was removed and
re-glued with hide glue.
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Here a brace clamp ficture is used to mount the brace, while some of the excess glue can be seen in the upper section.
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After the braces were all re-glued, all the seams were backed with parchment paper infused with hide glue.
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Here is the shams with a new section added ( the bright white area). The roses were painted to match the color.
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The body had several cracks and the inside paper was dried out, so the loose paper was scrapped out.
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New parchment paper backing was applied to all seams except for the label.
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The neck had been maounted with 2 long wood screws (they ruined my saw!) after the screws were removed the dowel was cut through to re fit the neck
joint.
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Here the neck joint has been re-fitted and a new dowel installed. There was a piece of the fingerboard overlapping the neck joint that had to be
removed and replaced after the neck was glued on.
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The peg box needed a new block at the neck end
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Dont reply if no time...;the darkness of the bowl is natural colour of wood or kind of varnish. If so, is this going to be sanded or so??
I admire this craftmanship.
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The bowel is Brazilian Rosewood, narurally very dark. It was refinished after repairing the damaged areas. The inlay around the roses and at the tail
is very intricate with pieces of brass and mother of pearl as well as tiny pices of several colors of wood. The effect is striking once it was
restored as you wil see.
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I can't wait to see the newly restored oud. That oud must be extremely valuable with an entire bowl made of brazilian rosewood
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The boxwood pegs were painted black and missing a couple of top knobs. The paint was removed, the pegs stained black with India ink and the top knobs
replaced.
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the pegbox was glued into the neck in the usual fashion
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the face was glued into the back, pulling the sides in with rubber bands with just enough tension. The blocks prevent the bands from pilling the face
down into the body too far.
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The neck was aligned with strings at each end of the bridge.
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Edge tiles were fabricated by fist gluing laminate strips together
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Hi Richard,
Very lovely, super cool and unique looking detail work all around, wow. Thanks for taking the time to post the fantastic pictures of the work. You
know I love this stuff !!
Best Regards,
Paul
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Nicely done DOC..
I love those gamil georges ouds.
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Second that PaulO. Thanks for sharing this project Doc.
Way to go!
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Just wait 'til you hear it!
The edge tiles were glued on...
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after the entire edge is completed, the tiles are sanded flush to the face and body.
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Hello Richard, beautiful oud and fine work! What kind of material is used for the white blocks on the fingerboard? Do you know if Gamil Goerge used
the same bracing pattern on his other ouds or just for the larger ouds?
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