an old wooden instrument with intricate designs on it's body and neck, sitting against a gray background
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Oud

Piriform body made up of 17 hardwood articulated by strips of band inlay. The central three ribs are inlaid with small circles, keys, and hearts of mother-of-pearl. Table of spruce pierced by three sound holes with elaborately carved roses. Fingerboard veneered with bone with arabesque inlay of hardwood. The back of the neck is covered with alternating strips separated with band inlay to match the ribbing of the body. The six double courses (pairs) of gut strings are tightened by 12 pegs…
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