Oud Yildirim Palabiyik Walnut

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€2,450.00

Power	Warmth	Resonance	Tone color
★★★★☆	★★★★☆	★★★★☆	Deep

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Discover this exceptional professional oud, crafted in Turkey by master luthier Yildirim Palabiyik, a leading figure in contemporary oriental lutherie. This model is designed for musicians seeking the resonance, ease of play, and precision characteristic of Turkish ouds, while retaining the depth and harmonic presence typical of Arabic ouds. It offers a remarkable balance between playing comfort, projection, and tonal richness.

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The carefully selected walnut bowl provides warmth, depth, and tonal balance. Walnut is known for producing a broad, natural, and highly musical sound, with excellent consistency across all registers. The ebony end ribs reinforce structural stability while adding an elegant visual touch.

The Canadian cedar soundboard plays a central role in this oud’s sonic identity. It offers great playing flexibility, fast response, and a warm tonal character, while maintaining clarity and excellent projection.

The ebony fingerboard and tuning pegs ensure optimal tuning stability, durability, and playing comfort. This model also features the luthier’s deluxe finishes, including sublime mother-of-pearl rosettes, a true visual signature of Master Palabiyik’s craftsmanship.

For more than twenty years, Yildirim Palabiyik has crafted hundreds of high-end ouds for professional musicians worldwide. A preferred luthier of virtuosos such as Tareq el Jundi, Ahmed Alshaiba, and Ghassan Al-Yousif, his instruments are renowned for their unique sonic identity and exceptional finish.

Yildirim Palabiyik ouds are designed to offer a perfect harmony between acoustic excellence and visual beauty. Entirely handcrafted from carefully selected natural woods, they reflect years of experience, research, and mastery.

🔹 Original tuning: supplied with 11 strings, tuned from C to C
🔹 Alternative tunings: easily tunable to F–F or D-D by changing the strings

The oud is supplied with a hard protective case, as well as 3 rishas (plectrums).