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Photo Credits & Captions: Roger Landes

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Greek bouzouki
Buzuq
Laouto
Lavta
Oud
Cümbüs (new)
Cümbüs (old)
NOTE: images sized for ease of viewing, instruments not to scale with one another.

 

"Irish" Bouzouki – Stephen Owsley Smith (1998). Radiused flat top and back. Western Red Cedar top and Black Walnut back and sides. Mahogany neck with Purpleheart lamination in center. Pau Ferro fingerboard. Nickel tuners. “Sophie’s Choice” paw print branded on inside of back. On loan from Chipper Thompson.

Tuned: G2 D2 A3 d3. Octave pairing on the low G and D. Unison on A and d pairs.

   

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