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Yaron Naor
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Very nice progress and a special thickness checker!
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GUY
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The soundboard edge is cut for receiving the edge tiles.Now I can confirm that the tool for positionning and glueing the braces is efficient .there is
no gap in the junction braces /last ribs.
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muthada
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great job man
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GUY
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Thanks Muthada
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GUY
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Sounboard edge finished and sanded.Tomorrow Iwill put the strings to check wether everything is correct .I am a little nervous...
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paulO
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Looking good Guy...I look forward to the audio tracks !!
Best Regards..PaulO
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GUY
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Strings in place and first trial playing .Not so bad but according to Dr.advice a little "maturity "is necessary to have the nominal sound.The total
weight is 900 gramms and it is already "playable".I will try to put a little video as soon as the strings are stabilizied.
I thank Dr.for his very usefull book and his availabilty to answer to my questions and thanks all the informations given by this forum this project
could be performed efficiently.
Nevertheless some improvements will have to be done if I decide to manufacture a second oud
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Luttgutt
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Grate work!
Hope to see a video soon.. 
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GUY
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Thanks Luttgutt
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Yaron Naor
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Quote: Originally posted by GUY  | Strings in place and first trial playing .Not so bad but according to Dr.advice a little "maturity "is necessary to have the nominal sound.The total
weight is 900 gramms and it is already "playable".I will try to put a little video as soon as the strings are stabilizied.
I thank Dr.for his very usefull book and his availabilty to answer to my questions and thanks all the informations given by this forum this project
could be performed efficiently.
Nevertheless some improvements will have to be done if I decide to manufacture a second oud |
WoW, congratulation!
Yaron.
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GUY
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thanks Yaron
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GUY
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Hello everybody.
After 10 months silent I come back to give some informations about the maturing of my oud and about the major faults or defects after practicing .
No problem with the wood behaviour of the back , fingerboard or the top ,excepted a small crack in the beard which appears after 3 months
.Strange....I did not expected a crack in this area.
By playing there is an echo of the others strings which are not played in particular the bass strings .I don't know whether there is something the
correct or whether I have to live with it .
Do anybody have any idea ?
The strings are a little to high making playing not so "confortable". So I decided to correct this defect on the way I will describe in my next
step
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GUY
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Drilling all the string holes at the same height in the bridge is not easy as the drilling device , due to the small diameter ,deviates with the vain
.Consequently some strings were higher than the others.
removing the bridge without damaging the sound board was for me an issue and I did not dare to do it.I prefered to rework the top of the bridge with
the Dremel tool,down to 4mm high ,adding a groove for a round profile .I had to make a metal piece (stainless steel) to attach the strings .
The configuration is now a glued "floating" bridge .It is not so traditional ,but I am happy of the result .Playing is much more pleasant and there is
an improvement of the sound.
For the round profile I tried a brass stick. =>not satisfying.
I got the best result with a piece of bamboo (skewer for kebabs).
I red on this forum that the braces do not work on the same way with a flotting bridge .I will see with the time and take it into account if I make a
second oud.
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