ANTIQUE DIKRAN NAJARIAN OUD - RECENTLY RESTORED!!!

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THIS IS A RECENTLY RESTORED ANTIQUE OUD MADE BY THE FAMOUS LEBANESE-ARMENIAN LUTHIER DIKRAN NAJARIAN!!!
Dikran Najarian made ouds for the first half of the 20th century in Beirut, Lebanon. His ouds are known for their uniquely deep and powerful sound. Considering the great condition vs. the age of this oud, this is a great opportunity to own an oud from one of the great oud makers of the past!!!
OUD IS BEAUTIFUL AND SOUNDS FANTASTIC!!!
- RECENT RESTORATION INCLUDES WORK PERFORMED ON THE BOWL, FACE, AND NECK.
- OUD REFINISHED WITH HIGH QUALITY SPIRIT VARNISH.
- BRAND NEW SET OF D'ADDARRIO STRINGS
- HARD CASE INCLUDED
**SOME NOTABLE BLEMISHES INCLUDE:
1) A FEW SMALL SCRATCHES/NICKS ON THE FACE (SEE PHOTOS 5 & 6 FOR CLOSE-UPS)
2) NEW PEG MADE FOR PREVIOUSLY MISSING PEG (LOWEST PEG ON LH SIDE NEAREST THE FINGERBOARD) - PEG MADE TO MATCH AS CLOSELY TO THE ORIGINAL PEGS AS POSSIBLE (SEE PHOTOS 9 & 10 - PEG W/O "DOT")
3) CRACK IN PEG BOX THAT WAS GLUED (SEE PHOTO 11)
** PLEASE NOTE **
- YEAR OF MANUFACTURE IS UNKNOWN. THE LABEL WAS NOT USED BY DIKRAN UNTIL THE 1960's SO THE WRITTEN YEARS IN ARABIC (1917 AND 1922) DO NOT CORRELATE WITH THE YEAR OF MANUFACTURE OR REPAIR. HOWEVER, I PERSONALLY SHOWED THE OUD TO HIS GRANDSON, VIKEN NAJARIAN (ALSO A LUTHIER) WHO SAYS THE OUD IS AUTHENTIC AND "EVERYTHING ABOUT IT SAYS DIKRAN"). HE ALSO VERIFIED DIKRAN'S SIGNATURE IN ARMENIAN (LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE LABEL, WRITTEN VERTICALLY DOWN THE SIDE). THE LUTHIER WHO DID THE REPAIRS ALSO VERIFIED ITS AUTHENTICITY, AS WELL.
- THE ROSETTE IS NOT THE ORIGINAL. IT IS A PLASTIC COPY OF A NAHAT ICKWAN (NAHAT BROS.) ROSETTE WHICH WAS MOST LIKELY ADDED SOMETIME AT A LATER DATE
**IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR EACH OF THE 2 DIFFERENT SOUND FILE RECORDINGS OF THIS OUD, PLEASE SEND ME A MESSAGE REQUEST SINCE I CANNOT INCLUDE ANY LINKS IN THIS LISTING (
PLEASE NOTE: YOU MAY NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE .WAV FILE TO YOUR COMPUTER AND OPEN IT FROM THERE. THE HIGH QUALITY RECORDING MAY TAKE TIME TO DOWNLOAD ON SLOWER COMPUTERS DUE TO ITS LARGE FILE SIZE
):
1ST SOUND FILE RECORDING - BEST QUALITY (RECORDED WITH A HIGH QUALITY MICROPHONE):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4fea7ajirkmg285/1960%20Dikran%20Najarian-HQ.wav?dl=0
2ND SOUND FILE RECORDING - LOWER QUALITY (RECORDED FROM SMARTPHONE):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/26fqg8jgnx1wxu6/1960%20Dikran%20Najarian%20Oud%20-%20LQ.wav?dl=0
**BUYER PAYS FOR SHIPPING + 0 HANDLING FEE (PACKAGING + INSURANCE)**
**NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING**
**PAYPAL IS ONLY FORM OF ACCEPTED PAYMENT**
**WILL ONLY SHIP AFTER PAYMENT IS CLEARED IN PAYPAL**
**SORRY, NO RETURNS ACCEPTED**