Mid-East 32 Inch Turkish Oud Walnut Padouk + Gig Bag OUDT

Mid-East 32 Inch Turkish Oud Walnut Padouk & Gig Bag OUDT. Turkish oud with classic tear drop shape and bowl bottom. The Turkish oud is played in traditional Turkish and Mediterranean music and is known for producing a powerful, resonating sound. This model features a walnut and padouk Wooden body and neck with a beautiful shiny finish.

Please note: The decorations can vary from those photographed.
 
Accessories Included: Soft case lightly padded, pick and owner's guide

Important Specifications:

Item overall: 32" L x 8" H x 14.5" W

Body/Bowl: 19" L x 7.5" H x 14.5" W

Body: 21 staves of walnut and padouk veneer featuring alternating red and brown colors with a shiny finish.

Neck: Alternating red and brown walnut and padouk veneer covering a spruce core with a Hardwood fingerboard.

Soundboard: The sound board is spruce and has 3 round sound holes with a beautiful lace wood rosette carving covering each one. Includes a black painted Wooden pick guard at bottom to help prevent scratching the sound board.

Strings: There are 5 courses of 2 strings and 1 single string, making a total of 11 strings. String width from left to right: Lowest .035," .035," .027," .027," .025," .025," .030," .030," .025," .025" Highest. We recommend the following Roosebeck Turkish oud string set as replacement strings: RBSOUDT

Tuning: Suggested Turkish oud tunings from low to high: E,A,B,e,a,d and C#, F#, B, e, a,d

Tuning Pegs/Levers: There are 11 Wooden pegs and 5 courses of strings.
 
Nut: Made from cattle bone. Neck at Nut: 1.5" W; Nut: 1.5" W 

Neck at Body Joint: 2.25" W

Bridge: Black painted beech wood. Strings at Bridge: 3.25" W 

Scale Length: 22.5"