Re: was Soft Step real feedback please Cumbus

[tEd ® KiLLiAn <tedkillian@charter.net>]

Hiu all,

I had the mandolin version of the cümbüs for many years.

A sort of an 8-stringed, short-necked, mini-banjo with a tin pot body  
and mando tuning.

It was terrible to try to keep in tune though.

I managed to make only one recording of it that ever made it to a CD.

I finally gave it away to a friend who is both an oud player and a  
luthier - figuring that he could do something with it.

I should call him and see if he ever did.

Cheers,

Ted


On Feb 13, 2011, at 3:13 AM, andy butler wrote:

> "Oud Cumbus" describes it well,
> but it would be called "Cumbus" (pronounced joombush).
>
> Invented in Turkey just after Attaturk came to power as a
> new instrument for a new country.
>
> Oud Banjo might also be an appropriate term.
> (sticking to the common convention of
>
> I'd always thought the "long necked one" was a
> Cumbus Saz  (Tar isn't common in Turkey, but saz
> is ubiquitous).
>
> andy