To the eye, the most striking characteristic of an oud
is the back, traditionally constructed of hard woods found in Africa, India, South America, and Turkey. Its
curved formal elegance functions as a chamber, or vessel, for the instrument's
acoustic resonance. The quality and highly skilled processing of wood selected
to form the oud's back contribute to its unique sou....
To the eye, the most striking characteristic of an oud
is the back, traditionally constructed of hard woods found in Africa, India, South America, and Turkey. Its
curved formal elegance functions as a chamber, or vessel, for the instrument's
acoustic resonance. The quality and highly skilled processing of wood selected
to form the oud's back contribute to its unique sound.
The aesthetic beauty of an oud lies in integration of
details, each element finely designed, and without exaggeration.
A troublesome part of an oud is often an ill fit of
peg and peg box, and a poor quality of the peg itself. Our pegs are of
carefully fitted, high grade ebony or rosewood.
But the secret of an oud is in its face, the most
crucial piece whose complicated relation of surface and bracing produces tonal
beauty and strength. While the delicately hand-crafted face provides a cover
deserving of the oud's graceful back, the mystery of the instrument's musical
balance lies in frequencies harmonically tuned by scientific methods and
techniques.
For us, wood is not only a raw material. It is the
object that reflects our art and we approach it with the techniques and
sophistication of the tradition of great masters. Their magic sound was not a
matter of chance. It was a secret hidden under the face of the oud.
We have absorbed the traditions of the master oud
builders and carry their secrets forward with modern technology. Combined with
the traditional art of instrument building our unique sound is the result of
scientific harmonic techniques applied to the face of the oud.
Like the old masters the magic of our work leaves
nothing to chance.
PRICING:
1. GRAND
CONCERT OUD US $2000
2. CONCERT
OUD US $1700
3. QUALITY
OUD US $1400
All ouds are provided with a hard case, included in
the price. Additional charges for shipping and handling.
Categories
We are constructing the ouds in three categories:
Categories have been arranged in accordance with the
wood quality and soundboard design.
Grand Concert Ouds are custom instruments. All the
personal needs of the artists who order a Grand Concert Oud are met with
meticulous care.
Concert Ouds and Quality Ouds are vintage instruments.
The soundboards of the Grand Concert Ouds and Concert
Ouds are designed specially for the desired tonality. To achieve the very
unique tonal character of my ouds, I tune the braces to certain frequencies so
that the soundboard gains well balanced and evenly dispersed resonance areas.
Thus the overall tonal identity of the instrument appears with the authentic
Faruk Turunz sound.
For the Quality Ouds; the braces are not tuned
individually, instead templates are made from previously tuned braces and used
to form them. The ouds produced by this technique also have the similar
characteristic Faruk Turunz sound, but any desired tonality is a matter of
chance.
The woods we use for the different categories are as
follows:
Grand Concert and Concert Ouds: padouk, mahogany,
walnut, ovengkol, wenge, rosewood, coccobolo, zebrano, pommele, and their
combinations.
Quality Ouds: cherry, maple, pear, cypress, and their
combinations
