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Picture nr. 1 : How to stretch Nylgut for a fast & stable intonation
Picture nr. 2 : MidleAge's turkish oud player
Picture nr. 3 : Aquila Oud envelope
Picture nr. 4 : Jameel Abraham playing the oud with Aquila strings
Picture nr. 5 : The Young Oudplayer Mohamed Abozekry

 

 
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For orders less of 40 Euros: please  contact our on-line shop
www.mercatinodellukulele.it

 

INTRODUCTION
Until the mid-20th century the top three strings of Ouds were mounted exclusively in gut, a material that had been used for thousand of years and that combines excellent promptness of attack with brilliance of timbre - very different, in other words, from modern nylon strings. And until recently the typical sound quality of gut has been a constant point of reference for Oud-makers, composers and performers alike.
A fundamental aim of our research has therefore been to make a new synthetic product having the same acoustic properties as gut - but without its typical defects - (high cost, limited duration and high instability under varying climatic). Nylgut® has precisely these qualities: allowing one, on the one hand, to rediscover the sonorities familiar to the great 19th and 20th century Oud masters; and guaranteeing, on the other, a stability of tuning higher even than that of the best gut and nylon strings.

Please notice

Just like gut, Nylgut® is liable to suffer from cutting edges. Before stringing the instrument do make sure the nut and bridge are free from sharp edges and the nut grooves not too deep and perfectly smooth. You can get rid of sharp edges with very fine grit sandpaper (600, for example) or the finest steelwool (000).

-The best sound quality develops when the strings have completely set, which may ordinarily take sometime. To achieve a stable intonation in just a few minutes you can repeatedly pinch each string at midlength with your fingers, pull it decidedly sideways and tune it up again. Stop when the string does not pull out of tune anymore.

 

To learn more about Nylgut:
www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Himawari/9169/genkonjaku3_E.html

 


Turkish tuning sets

All these types are made in Standard tension (4.2 Kg average for each string; silvered copper wound strings) or in Light tension (3.9 Kg average for each string; red copper  wound strings) or Extralight (all 3.7 Kg per string; red copper wound strings)

 


Turkish 11 string Set: 22.00 Euros

 

1st Type Codex 1O (O is a letter, no a number)

1st d: 2x Nylgut; 2nd a: 2x Nylgut; 3rd e: 2x wound; 4th B: 2x wound; 5thA: 2x wound; 6th E: 1x wound

 

2nd Type Codex 2O

1st d: 2x Nylgut; 2nd a: 2x Nylgut; 3rd e: 2x wound; 4th B: 2x wound; 5th F#: 2x wound; 6th C#: 1x wound

 

3rd Type Codex 3O

1st d: 2x Nylgut; 2nd a: 2x Nylgut; 3rd e: 2x wound; 4th B: 2x wound; 5th F#: 2x wound; 6th E: 1x wound

 

4th Type Codex 4O

1st d: 2x Nylgut; 2nd a: 2x Nylgut; 3rd e: 2x wound; 4th B: 2x wound; 5th A: 2x wound; 6th C#: 1x wound

 

 SINGLE STRINGS Normal tension

1st dd 2.30 Euros, (two strings) Codex 17 O

2nd aa 2.30 Euros, (two strings) Codex 18 O

3rd ee 5.70 Euros, (two strings) Codex 19 O

4th BB 5.50 Euros, (two strings) Codex 20 O

5th AA 5.50 Euros, (two strings) Codex 21 O

5th F#F# 5.50 Euros, (two strings) Codex 22 O

6th E 3.00 Euros, (single string) Codex 23 O

6th C# 3.00 Euros, (single string) Codex 24 O

 

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Turkish 11 string Light tension sets: 22.00 Euros

 

1st Type Codex 5O

1st d: 2x Nylgut; 2nd a: 2x Nylgut; 3rd e: 2x wound; 4th B: 2x wound; 5thA: 2x wound; 6th E: 1x wound

 

2ndt Type Codex 6O

1st d: 2x Nylgut; 2nd a: 2x Nylgut; 3rd e: 2x wound; 4th B: 2x wound; 5th F#: 2x wound; 6th C#: 1x wound

 

3rd Type Codex 7O

1st d: 2x Nylgut; 2nd a: 2x Nylgut; 3rd e: 2x wound; 4th B: 2x wound; 5th F#: 2x wound; 6th E: 1x wound

 

4th Type Codex 8O

1st d: 2x Nylgut; 2nd a: 2x Nylgut; 3rd e: 2x wound; 4th B: 2x wound; 5th A: 2x wound; 6th C#: 1x wound

 

SINGLE STRINGS Light tension

1st dd 2.30 Euros, (two strings) Codex 25 O

2nd aa 2.30 Euros, (two strings) Codex 26 O

3rd ee 5.70 Euros, (two strings) Codex 27 O

4th BB 5.50 Euros, (two strings) Codex 28 O

5th AA 5.50 Euros, (two strings) Codex 29 O

5th F#F# 5.50 Euros, (two strings) Codex 30 O

6th E 3.00 Euros, (single string) Codex 31 O

6th C# 3.00 Euros, (single string) Codex 32 O

 

Turkish 11 string Superlight tension set 22.00 Euros, Codex 51 O

 

+ IVA - VAT - TVA - (except for non-EU customers)

 


Arabic tuning sets

All these types are made in standard tension (4.2 Kg average for each string= silvered copper wound strings) or in light tension (3.9 Kg average for each string. All the wound strings are red copper)

 


11 string Arabic oud set: 22.00 Euros



1stType2ndType3rdType4thType

1st c: Nylgut strings


2nd g: Nylgut strings


3rd d: wound strings


4th A: wound strings


5th F: wound strings


6th C: wound string


 

1st c: Nylgut strings


2nd g: Nylgut strings


3rd d: wound strings


4th A: wound strings


5th F: wound strings


6th D: wound string

1st c: Nylgut strings


2nd g: Nylgut strings


3rd d: wound strings


4th A: wound strings


5th G: wound strings


6th C: wound string

1st c: Nylgut strings


2nd g: Nylgut strings


3rd d: wound strings


4th A: wound strings


5th G: wound strings


6th D: wound string

SINGLE  STRINGS
1st 'cc' 2.30 Euros, (two strings)

2nd 'gg' 2.30 Euros, (two strings)

3rd 'dd' 5.70 Euros, (two strings)

4th 'AA' 5.50 Euros, (two strings)

5th 'FF and GG' 5.50 Euros, (two strings)

6th 'C and D'  3.00 Euros, (one single string)

1st 'ff' 2.30 Euros, (two strings)

 

Different arabic Aquila oud sets (standard or light tension):

Set of: 1 ff, 2 cc, 3 gg, 4 dd, 5 aa + 6 FF, 7 C (or 6 FF, 7 D) (or 6 GG, 7C) (or 6 GG, 7 D) = 24.40 Euros

Set of: 1 ff, 2 cc, gg, 4 dd, 5 aa + 6 F (or 7 G) = 20.00 Euros

 

+ IVA - VAT - TVA - (except for non-EU customers)

 

See Peter Refala with Aquilas : www.mikeouds.com/jameel/peter_plalys_farido.wmv

Or just the MP3 file here (1,0 MB)