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Hassan Hamza Oud

Manil - 7-7-2010 at 07:19 AM

As I promised, some pictures of my Hassan Hamza with adjustable neck, I'll post some better pictures of the mechanism later and a sound file of course.

If anyone have more info about this maker he is welcome.

The oud is made of:

Body+neck: Walnut
Sound board: Spruce
fingerboard and bridge: Ebony
Pegs: MichMich

String length is 58.5 cm

Faladel - 7-7-2010 at 08:10 AM

Hassan Hamza is oud maker , very good luthier from ALBAB, town neer Aleppo.

Manil - 7-7-2010 at 10:13 AM

Indeed, the oud is so well constructed and the sound is very nice

paulO - 7-7-2010 at 12:11 PM

The walnut 'theme' carried all the way through the pegs is lovely. Hassan picked out some beautiful walnut for the back as well. All in all a great looking and cleanly constructed instrument. Thanks for sharing.

Regards..PaulO

fernandraynaud - 7-7-2010 at 01:16 PM

Looks really nicely made. I can't imagine buying an oud with a non-adjustable neck, and even though Sukar's mechanism is the most invisible, and Fadi Matta's the most attractive, it's wonderful that we have one more maker to choose from! How much range in action adjustment does this mechanism offer? What do you adjust it with?

Manil - 7-8-2010 at 05:54 AM

Well I did not measure the range, but it goes from 1mm to 3mm at the junction between the neck and body that's for sure. The only problem is if the strings don't have the good tension the fingerboard will not be fixe, so you need good tension from the strings to tighten the whole thing.

To adjust even a pen can do it or a very thin screw driver, it's done in a few seconds.

info

azer - 7-28-2010 at 12:33 AM

Hello,

Your hamza oud is arabic typical ; have you the mail adresse for this ouds maker ?
Thank's and enjoy your oud playing
azer

ExtreamTarab - 8-19-2010 at 04:11 AM

Hey azer...check your U2U

Zulu - 9-21-2010 at 10:59 AM

Quote: Originally posted by azer

Hello,

Your hamza oud is arabic typical ; have you the mail adresse for this ouds maker ?
Thank's and enjoy your oud playing
azer

I would also like to know how to contact this oud maker.

Manil - 11-29-2010 at 08:22 AM

Zulu,

See with ExtremeTarab, he has his contact info.

suz_i_dil - 11-29-2010 at 10:51 AM

How large is the soundboard on your oud, I mean length and width?
Beautiful oud indeed, looking forward to hear a soundfile.

Manil - 11-29-2010 at 11:40 AM

My playing is not top shape yet, it won't give the oud justice, will try to post a sound file and give you the dimensions as soon as I have the chance...