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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.

                                                          How to stretch Nylguts:

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

Price for 11 string oud Set Turkish/Arabic:  EUR 22.00    Eur 15.03 (Only for U. S. Customers)

-Turkish tuning set- types

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 all red copper)

1 ^st  Type                         2^nd  Type                         3^rd  Type                            4^th  Type

1^st d: Nylgut string 2^nd a: Nylgut string 3^rd e: wound strings 4^th B: wound strings 5^th A: wound strings 6^th  E: wound string

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

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

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

-TURKISH OUD SINGLE PACKAGED STRINGS:

  1st         'dd'          EUR       Nylgut       2.30    (two strings)       Eur 1.58 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

  2nd        'aa'          EUR       Nylgut      2.30    (two  strings)      Eur 1.58 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

  3rd        'ee'           EUR        Wound     5.70    (two strings)       Eur 3.90 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

  4th         'BB'          EUR        Wound     5.50    (two strings)       Eur 3.76 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

  5th     'AA or  F#F#'  EUR   Wound   5.50     (two strings)         Eur 3.76 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

  6th     'E or C#'   EUR        Wound     3.00   (one single string)   Eur 2.05 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

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

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-Arabic tuning set- types

-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)

1^st  Type                            2^nd  Type                         3^rd  Type                            4^th  Type

1^st c: Nylgut strings 2^nd g: Nylgut strings 3^rd d: wound strings 4^th A: wound strings 5^th F: wound strings 6^th C: wound string

1^st c: Nylgut strings 2^nd g: Nylgut strings 3^rd d: wound strings 4^th A: wound strings 5^th F: wound strings 6^th D: wound string

1^st c: Nylgut strings 2^nd g: Nylgut strings 3^rd d: wound strings 4^th A: wound strings 5^th G: wound strings 6^th C: wound string

1^st c: Nylgut strings 2^nd g: Nylgut strings 3^rd d: wound strings 4^th A: wound strings 5^th G: wound strings 6^th D: wound string

ARABIC OUD SINGLE PACKAGED STRINGS (standard or light tensions):

  1st         'cc'          EUR      Nylgut        2.30      (two strings)          Eur 1.58 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

  2nd        'gg'           EUR     Nylgut    2.30        (two strings)          Eur 1.58 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

  3rd        'dd'          EUR       Wound      5.70      (two strings)          Eur 3.90 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

  4th         'AA'         EUR      Wound      5.50      (two strings)          Eur 3.76 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

  5th   'FF and  GG'   EUR    Wound     5.50      (two strings)          Eur 3.76 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

  6th   'C and D'   EUR      Wound        3.00     (one single string)  Eur 2.05 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)
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  1st         'ff'            EUR       Nylgut     2.30      (two strings)          Eur 1.58 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

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) =

US and canadian customers only: 16.67 EUR        (For EU- customers only: 24,40 EUR)

Set of: 1 ff, 2 cc, gg, 4 dd, 5 aa + 6 F (or 7 G) =    US and canadian customers only: 13.66 EUR    (For EU-customers only: 20,00 EUR)

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

JAMEEL ABRAHAM   PLAYING HIS OUD WITH AQUILAS THE JUNGER OUDPLAYER  MOHAMED  ABOZEKRY

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

Or just the MP3 file here   (1,0 MB)

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