rojaros - 7-11-2008 at 03:19 PM
I got an Oud made by Khidor Mostafa Daghir on Mohamed Ali street in Cairo, as was kindly identified by a forum member.
After some repairs I did myself (see unorthodox oud repair I & II) I put a set of Pyramid Professional Arabic 11 Strings set onto it - that was
the set I just happened to have at home.
The Oud was unfamiliar to me - he (she?) much is bigger than my Fathi Amin Oud, so I had to experiment a bit with the pitch - and found out that
b-flat instead of c was the most resonant tuning.
The wound Pyramids were doing quite a nice job - I actually came to like them, they are full and deep sounding strings. Not at all convincing are the
nylon pairs of cc and gg.
I was trying to come up with a nice replacement for them and - as I coudn' get Aquila Strings in my town I bought Augustin Blue e and b guitar strings
(a pair each).
They seem to fit quite well into the Pyramid wound set and alltogether it seems to be a reasonably priced and very good sounding set after the
replacement.
Hope that inspires you to do some experimentation ... best wishes
rojaros - 7-19-2008 at 12:18 AM
Hi there, I wanted to let you know that meanwhile I got e1 and b2 Augustin Imperials (a pair each) and that they seem to do the job even better than
the 'Blues' (!).
I measured the tension (I will tell you how in a separate contribution) and they are not tighter than the 'Blues' but they sound kind of more together
and brighter - don't know how but that's what I hear.
Anyway. give it a try, you might be quite content...
best wishes
