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Any carbon lutes out there?
The harp has signed up. The upright bass, the grand piano, are they on board? Imagine a carbon upright bass dominating the jazz mix. Scary?
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What I fear the most is that there will never be a carbon hurdy-gurdy or dare I say a didgeridoo.
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Photo from a music shop in Istanbul several years ago.
Carbon fiber bağlamas. Not a lute or oud excactly, but if seriously asked, they would likely build one. Tradition being what it is in the middle east, these two didn't exactly sell too well. |
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Plus the strings are facing down.
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https://carbony.com/products/didgeridoos/
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Super Boom Didgeridoo
High Backpressure Didgeridoo That's how to tag an item. On Fire Lyre Standup & Salute Lute |
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Maybe it was sticker shock, comparing the price of those cheapy guitars to the bağlamas'.
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Or maybe all six players that wanted a CF lute got one.... market saturated.
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Or the one player who bought all six.
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The shop sells their own custom wood bağlamas and that's almost the only thing you see in every direction. The Martin's or Taylors of bağlamas.
That handful of dreadful & cheap guitars happened to be in the path of the photo at the time. There were no others in the shop, as I recall. I visited again some years after that and don't recall seeing any guitars at all at that time. There are a couple dozen other music stores on the same street that sell higher end guitars--but no carbon fiber for sure. |
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As you might imagine, the bağlamas don't survive well when placed on their backs. Tend to roll over pretty fast!
Usually seen hanging up by the neck or leaning in an upright position. |
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What a bağlama sounds like . . . found a few instrumentals without vocals. YouTube. Sound quality not great.
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AC;
You've done some interesting travel. I've never heard of a baglamas (and never visited Istanbul). They look way cool and I have to wonder how you could resist buying one--or did you? |
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These instruments are commonly referred to as saz, though technically, the word just means "instrument". In normal life, it's used to describe the bağlama and similar instruments. There are different lengths for essentially the same instrument, from very short to very, very long necks. Each has it's own special name and few know them other than the common bağlama. Hence "saz" is a catch all. BTW, the "ğ" character is silent, so that will affect how it's pronounced. I do have a few other local instruments though, more than I use. Plan to sell them eventually. |