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Dr. Oud
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Contest # 3 - Now what?
This is the last, in this series anyway.
I need to hear what and why this time, so be specific.
Here's a hint: it's Greek!
As before, past winners, pros and smarty pants know-it-alls are ineligible.
You may consult to solve the riddle, but I will divide the prize among your team, so each will get a piece of the risha.
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Multi Kulti
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i dont think its a manol but an Ilias oud...if the question should be who the maker was  )
Nikos
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fernandraynaud
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Richard, I cannot thank you enough. An envelope arrived today, and my wife brought me the contents: two Dr Oud business cards. I fortunately asked if
anything else was in there, and she said no. It wasn't until later that she brung a thin strip of white polyethylene (?) with blue scrawls on it.
Whether there's an "o" in there is not going to cause any debate. It's subtle. It's unique. Thank you! 
p.s. It's the first thing I've won in ages. I only hope that in some sort of Lysenko coupling, winning the risha doesn't reduce my chances of more
material winnings at the lottery.
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mrkmni
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you re doing something to the ribs from inside...
Where is my risha?
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bibo10
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Since I already won the first contest, I can't participate here but i just wanna say that it looks scary!
+++++++++++
Michael-GOD BLESS EGYPT
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Dr. Oud
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nope,
and btw, not Ilias
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Dr. Oud
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-nothing to do with ribs,
your risha is in your dreams....
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mrkmni
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I agree...
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TruePharaoh21
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Maybe a repair of a concavity that has occurred over the years, where rather than taking the face off, a metal bar has been placed under the face
through the sound hole, and held in place by the clamps; in order to ensure that the bar stays in place, a towel has been wrapped around it so that
the clamp has more surface area to lock on to...?
Or maybe it's just for photographic purposes. Hahahah.
TP21
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fernandraynaud
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It's just some "enhanced dental techniques" to make the oud talk ...
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DaveH
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Well, it looks like it's the same oud as in your first example.
So is this just the clamping of the horn rose from either side as the glue dries? But that sounds too simple.
So I'll have another go as you haven't expressly forbidden multiple guesses (or does that come under the purview of the "smartypants" rule?).
Is it to do with the brace repair? Are you clamping a temporary bar across the braces to maintain outward pressure while the glue between the repaired
brace and the face sets?
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Dr. Oud
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it is the same oud....
it's not a dental implant....
there is a wet sock, but not to soften glue...
not brace repair....
nobody got it yet.
keep trying....
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fernandraynaud
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Ineligible guess: Humidifier?
Btw as I sit in very humid surroundings my oud is swelling and trying to decide if it likes it. The pegs feel very different. I can see why they use
15:1 taper on softer wood and 30:1 only on very dense woods. If 30:1 pegs swell, you might never loosen them until the monsoon season is over.
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Dr. Oud
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no comment on ineligible guesses
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Ararat66
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OK a shot in the dark
I think the damp sock is to help restore the curved wave that is built into the soundboards of some Greek/Armenian ouds particularly Karibyans (mine
included) when looking across the top from the side - for some reason the integrity of that curve was lost (by a broken brace or just age and string
tension causing the top to sink) and the top has been humidified to allow the wood to regain some flexibility. My guess is that a brace might have
been replaced prior to this to restore this top surface curve and this clamp holds the top in position whilst the top softens very slightly before the
new shape 'sets'.
Leon
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TruePharaoh21
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Eligible guess = humidifier?
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Dr. Oud
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Quote: Originally posted by Ararat66  | OK a shot in the dark...blah, blah, blah... My guess is that a brace might have been replaced prior to this to restore this top surface curve and this
clamp holds the top in position whilst the top softens very slightly before the new shape 'sets'.
Leon |
nope. you know a shot in the dark rarely hits the right target.
nor is it a humidifier eligible or not.
btw; the face curve is created by cutting the top edge of the bowel into a concave plane, or the shaping the top edge of the braces. This shape
prevents the face from twisting around the tone brace (forward of the bridge) which can result in the face rising up in a hump below the shams and
interfering with the risha. The face is not "soft" nor does it "set" into a shape. The face follows the plane defined by the braces and/or the top
edge of the bowel.
keep trying........
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To hold the transverse pieces of wood in their places..
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corridoio
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maybe the solution hides beyond what's in discussion in this other topic:
http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=10786#pid73...
so maybe the sock is wet with a solution to kill with evaporation the bacters coming from the use in the past of old hide glue that now is smelling
bad
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Dr. Oud
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nope, nobody has got it yet...
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FastForward
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Another shot in the dark.
To clean the inside from glue. Your hand is too big to fit in the soundhole, so you used a clamp with bar at the end and a wet towel.
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Dr. Oud
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| Quote: Originally posted by FastForward | Another shot in the dark.
To clean the inside from glue. Your hand is too big to fit in the soundhole, so you used a clamp with bar at the end and a wet towel.
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not glue cleanup, and I can get my hand and arm up to my elbow into the hole if I need to, no worries....
not yet...
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It is so hard. Give one Risah to all participants...
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Dr. Oud
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now what kind of contest would that be?
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Dr. Oud
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| Quote: Originally posted by oudistcamp | | The wet sock is keeping the support beam (under it) moist. The beam is used to level the split face while gluing. The moisture prevents the glue from
gluing the face to the support beam if there is any excess glue. |
Well at least you got the wet sock part. Good enough for an atta boy!
There is no beam under it, and the face is not split, however, so the riddle is not yet solved.
keep trying....
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