A SIX COURSE DOUBLE STRUNG OUD

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CANKAYA, MÜZIKEVI, TURKEY, CIRCA 2000
A SIX COURSE DOUBLE STRUNG OUD
The twenty-three staved body of mahogany, the soundboard of spruce with three sound-holes and pierced rosettes, internally labelled CANKAYA, MÜZIKEVI / SANDI / Elyapimi / Müzik Aletleri / Tarih : 21-04 / Enstruman 2000 / No: 5456
Length of body 18 7⁄8 in. (47.8 cm.)

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Lot Essay

This oud was gifted to Jeff by his wife Sandra, after he had expressed a desire to learn how to play the instrument. The oud can be seen on the sofa in Jeff’s home studio in the 2009 documentary Rock Prophecies about rock photographer Robert M. Knight.

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