Post a pic of your cbom's

**otterly2k** · Feb-15-2006, 12:37pm

OK-- Shiloh!
Time to get a pic of your Davy Stuart up here!!

**Greg Stec** · Mar-07-2006, 1:08pm

Here's a link to the mandocello I play with the Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra. It belongs to the orchestra, ergo, it's a loaner. I've been playing it for @ 15 years.
Excellent sounding instrument, but to me, it's not an easy instrument to play. The bridge does have a tendency to shift over time/movement, so I try to be extra careful when transporting it. I imagine most mc's from that era have their quirks too.
Anyway, the link...
http://www.mandolinarchive.com/perl/show_mando.pl?275

**SpookyReverb** · Mar-09-2006, 5:47pm

Originally Posted by (K5player @ Mar. 07 2006, 13:08)

Here's a link to the mandocello I play with the Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra. #It belongs to the orchestra, ergo, it's a loaner. #I've been playing it for @ 15 years.
Excellent sounding instrument, but to me, it's not an easy instrument to play. #The bridge does have a tendency to shift over time/movement, so I try to be extra careful when transporting it. I imagine most mc's from that era have their quirks too.
Anyway, the link...
http://www.mandolinarchive.com/perl/show_mando.pl?275

Wow! That's cool!
I don't know much about Mandocellos, but hot dang, that's a nice looking instrument.

**shiloh** · Mar-09-2006, 8:36pm

Hi Everyone!
I'm still lovin' my Davy Stuart octave. But my digital camera is "being returned" (as of 2 weeks ago!) and I'm so not-up-to-speed on uploading pictures that, gulp, it could take a while. But looking forward to you guys seeing it!

Jill

**Arto** · Mar-17-2006, 3:29pm

I saw this picture on Mike´s Oud Website and just thought it was a really beautiful instrument. Middle Eastern buzuk:

**catmandu2** · Mar-17-2006, 11:23pm

That appears to be a saz.

**Gerry Cassidy** · Mar-18-2006, 1:00am

I thought a Saz only had 3 strings?

**Arto** · Mar-18-2006, 4:47am

There must be others on this board with much greater knowledge of Middle Eastern plucked instruments, but here some information or opinions by me:

Saz in Turkish is a generic term, meaning both "a (string??) instrument" and one special type of it. Turkish sazes have a pretty narrow elongated-teardrop-shape soundboard, and a very deep bowl that is either carved from a single block or built from ribs like Neapolitan mandolin. The "fat" body of the buzuk above is much more mandolin-like or oud-like. Mechanical tuners are rather rare in sazes (except in electric types) but very typical in buzuks. Sazes may sometimes have 3 strings but usually have 3 courses, 6-7 strings in all depending on the size.

The nomenclature can be bewildering. Bouzouki/bozuk/buzuk/buzuq and tambur/tambura/tanbur/tamburitza/tambour/tamboura/tambura can mean quite different instruments in different countries. Bozuk saz is a middle-sized instrument in Turkey - what is interesting is that baglama saz is a largish instrument in Turkey, but baglama in Greece is a tiny one (anybody know why?). If the buzuk above would have metal frets instead of tied ones, and Western fret placement, it would IMO qualify well for a bouzouki with non-Greek appearance.

greetings, Arto

two sazes:

**catmandu2** · Mar-18-2006, 10:25am

To me, it appears that the buzuk is pretty much a saz with a modern headstock and a top rosette. I have the traditional saz, but I wish I had the buzuk -- the modern headstock is an advantageous addition.