This Ultra Professional Turkish Oud is a refined beauty. This quality instrument was hand built by master luthier Saadettin Sandi and his son Bahadir Sandi. They have been making quality stringed instruments, under the SANDI trademark for over 3 decades. They use selected exotic, aged and kiln dried, hardwood such as padauk, limba, mahogany, sapele and rosewood for the body. Colors of actual product may vary. The soundboard is American Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and has three composite rosette sound holes each accented with b/w/bb/w/b circular rings. The body is constructed of 23 staves each separated with a triple line of w/b/w. The mahogany peg box is gracefully outlined and is outfitted with 11 wooden pegs and a bone nut. The scale length of 568mm. Inside is the makers label with the date the oud was completed and the serial number. Includes deluxe locking hard case and pick. Suggested Turkish Oud tunings (from low to high): C#, F#, B, E, A, D or E, A, B, E, A, D
SPECIAL NOTE; No Warranty on Strings: On occasion instruments may arrive with a broken string, therefore, it is recommended that you purchase a replacement set of strings and consider changing your strings as soon as it arrives. We recommend the LaBella OU80 String Set (Item Code: LBSOUDT). If you want to tune this shorter scale Turkish Oud in the Arabic style (D, G, A, D, G, C). We recommend Roosebeck Turkish Oud Strings (Code: RBSOUDT).
