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Edward Powell
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Edward Powell
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Edward Powell
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Edward Powell
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Hello Ed,
Good to see youre enjoying Cairo...
I will be in Cairo from Jan 4 - Jan 19. Send me an email at ujt83@hotmail.com Im sure I'll find some time for ya.
All the best,
JT
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patheslip
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Great stuff. Please keep us up to date with your adventures, good and not so good.
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nedal
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hey edd
hope you are doing good in cairo
do yo have a picture from the instrument you have bought
have a nice time there
nedal
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Edward Powell
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yes!
here is a clip of my new oud...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CYTSkIJ90s
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Jameel
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Cool pics, Edward. Thanks for sharing.
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SamirCanada
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Awsome!
I feel like I am there with you.
please keep bloggin about this experience I am going next year so I value the info very much.
enjoy
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Edward Powell
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View from my room
Outside the opera house in the morning
interesting tree!
twin towers?
After getting info at the Opera house - I went to a concert of Classical Arabic music at the National Theare yesterday evening. An excellent group
led by riqq player YASSER MOAWAD. I met the whole crew after the performance and they were as extremely friendly and welcoming. The cello player is a
very old man who was one of the original members of OM KALSOUM'S orchestra! Yasser made me kiss him twice! Yasser kept telling me again and again that
I MUST tell people in my country that THERE IS MUSIC IN EGYPT!!!!
The oud player was excellent and also spoke English. I got his contact info and he said that he teaches also -
I loved the concert. During the last 6 months in Czech while building instruments I always had OM KALSOUM music going on the in background... so it
was such a pleasure to be able to recognise a lot of this groups repertoire - in fact I recognised almost the entire program! What I realise is that I
particularly love the Arabic language for singing...
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Edward Powell
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making a new nut
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gregorypause
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Beatiful pictures! I have an oud from Gamil George similar to the one on the top right window of his shop in the picture. The workmanship is not the
best but I like the sound nonetheless.
Egypt is an amazing place. There is nothing quite like it in the whole world!
Congrats on your oud!
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Edward Powell
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Really... who IS Jamil George? ...it he the maker there?
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Edward Powell
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Here is a rough clip of the Yasser gig...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRYzJSc4pqo
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revaldo29
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Hi Edward,
Was that a sunbati taqassim on the youtube video? Could you please tell me the tunning of the oud? It sounds like its tuned down a note or two.
Adnan
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Edward Powell
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| Quote: | Originally posted by revaldo29
Hi Edward,
Was that a sunbati taqassim on the youtube video? Could you please tell me the tunning of the oud? It sounds like its tuned down a note or two.
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I think it was tuned normally for an arab oud...
he was demonstrating oshak makam.... maybe copying sombate??
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gregorypause
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Gamil George is a maker who died a while ago. It is his son(s) who run the shop. The quality is not so great since the son(s) run the shop.
Here is a link with more info: http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=544
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francis
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Hi Edward...
Thanks for your on line travel.....really nice and instructive to follow you in Cairo!
During your walk in "oud street" have you seen Essam El Wazery ouds or shop?
I would like to get an address to join him but.......
You can see one of his ouds here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKHMKQku5P4
Bon voyage ......
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Edward Powell
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hi francis
no i didn't see that shop...
---that video is unfortunately no longer available :-(
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Melbourne
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One oud really caught my attention....I'm really old school here but I attached the image below...It looks like a Fathi Amin....beautiful oud...I
don't like the repetitive theme of the shamasi - with the birds kissing - but that's just a minor thing....You didn't happen to get an idea of the
price of such oud Edward in your journeys?
Thanks - Melbourne
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Edward Powell
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of course! ...in fact this exact oud was the best from all my searching. However my only criteria for evaluation was SOUND and playability. Soliditiy
of construction goes without saying, but cosmetics didn't enter much into my consideration. And of course, price was a key. I wanted to keep my
purchase under 200Eur but didn't see much point in bargaining below 100, I mean, these people also have to earn a living.
This oud had the best sound from all that I tried on OUDSTREET, and in fact, in my opinion was the only really fully professional oud there. The price
was $600US. The oud I bought was just over $100... and the sound is only very slightly inferior.
The point is that I will just resell my oud when I get home - - - I do not perform on actual ouds, but my own selfmade instrument which is a double
neck fretless guitar setup very similar to an oud.
I think that this shop would go down to $500 for this oud - if you like I could pick it up for you... if there is someway to get it to you. It is an
excellent instrument.
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Melbourne
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Hi Edward...
I been going around in circles considering your kind offer to pick up this oud for me. Main problem is that I am in Australia - am not sure if you
realised that...The other thing, even if its to be shipped directly from Egypt to here, it would most like arrive damaged. And for me it would be
have to be a 615mm string length, not sure if you know the vibrating string length.
I'm just thinking of all the possibilities here, because at 500 bucks it would be a good buy...
How long are you planning to stay around in Egypt Edward?
Thanks again for your offer 
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Edward Powell
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i will be here until march 21...
i guess if you are serious i could just tell them at the shop to pack it up and post it off to you. Yes, it is a risk....
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John Erlich
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Hi Edward,
Possibly stupid question: Have you been to Maurice Farouk Shehata's shop yet? See: http://www.mauriceouds.com/home.htm I visited Mohammed Ali St./El Qala'a St. in 2000 and also felt the quality of ouds there was pretty low (but
bought a decent set of nays at the "Feyrouz" shop for $50.00).
Also, I am attaching info about an Alexandria-based oud builder (Higazi).
Good luck!
Ma'asalaama,
John
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