Alan - 11-23-2004 at 10:14 AM
My wife just gave me this for my birthday. It is made of parts from my Nahat, before Richard restored it, and other mementos.
Jameel - 11-23-2004 at 10:32 AM
Alan,
Very nice. What can you tell us about the men in the photographs and Toufic Ajhar. I recall an oud on ebay some time ago that may have been an
Ajhar.
Thanks.
Jameel - 11-23-2004 at 10:37 AM
This thread
http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=962
about this oud:
Alan - 11-23-2004 at 03:04 PM
Jameel,
Toufic Ajhar was an oud maker in Brooklyn NY. He did a re-make , can't call it a restoration, of my father's 1902 Hana Nahat back in 1960.
The face was made to resemble a Georges Nahat.
The picture in the center is my father in 1940 playing the oud in I assume it's original format. The bottom center picture is my father with my
son in 1987. The picture at the lower left is a copy of the picture of Hana Nahat from inside the oud. The picture at the top right is your's
truely. Richard Hankey did a fantastic restoration in 2001.
Dr. Oud - 11-24-2004 at 07:06 PM
here's a pic of Alan's oud after restoration