maman

Hi, i am looking for a MKS-A duduk. Does he still make duduks and what is the price of one of his? I have heard he is the greatest master.

:rolleyes:hye,recently i came across 2 other albums of Vatche : -Vatche & Asbarez, -Vatche & someone called Yiasou /a bouzouki player/. you can order these at: www.parseghianrecords.com or www.armenianmusic.com./i hope so/.

hi,forum. i would like to know more about Vache Hovsepyan. in fact,i know almost notning of him-only that hi was 1 of the best duduk players. about his recordings-theonly record i have consists of 10 pieces,which was taken down from an old record. did he make any other recodings at all ? maman

hi,MosJan. thanks a lot for the useful information. from what i get it was an A-duduk. what about holes-SAM says they should be 1 cm in diameter,but my C-duduk has 9mm ones & i think they are better for the sake of obertones /if you know what i mean/. how do you think ? take the clarinet for instance /1 cm holes,but its internal diameter is about 1,5-2,0 cm; the same is situation with kaval/. however, you say 11mm internal diameter & it varies,but did you mean 11mm basically,for mine is mainly 12mm & masterSAM says 12mm as well. i am asking this,because i paid attention to Djivan Gasparyan"s duduk & i think it was a bit thinner,which may mean it has a smaller diameter from inside also. but,you see,it is just what i thought. maybe,i did not see quite well. nevermind,this is another matter. bye now. hyesalute ! RESPECT ! maman

hi,MosJan. i didnt get your question from 1 time. actually i have already tried with the C-duduk reed,but it is just 9 cm long & things are not good. i dont know if the other is an A-duduk /it is not marked/. it came with a 12 cm reed & play in Bb rather than A. in A it was not good- i mean my low A & G# were flat,while B & F# are ok,at the same time E & F#high are sharp,though i close all holes. however, its measures /before i gave them a hand up & down,now they are too wide & not quite circular/ were: 35,5 cm total length; 6 cm from top to thumb; 4,3 cm to#1 hole 3,4 cm 2 3,1 cm 3 3,1 cm 4 2,7 cm 5 3,0 cm 6 3,1 cm 7 2,8 cm 8 4,0 cm 9

hi,MosJan. thanks for replying. i think that my C-duduk is not a souvenier,since it was bought on-line from www.duduk.com. i dont have a picture of it,but i can tell you its measures. 31 cm long,12 mm internal diameter,thumb hole is 5,0 cm from top, 3,2 cm from top to #1 hole 3,8 cm to #2 2,8 cm #3 2,7 cm #4 2,3 cm #5 2,7 cm #6 2,4 cm #7 2,4 cm #8 3,8 cm to bottom hole 2,2 cm outside diameter #6 to #7 hole inside diameter varies as for duduk instructions,i have read them a 1000 times,but you see nothing about measures there. & i just wanted to know sth. about A-duduk- length at least, & distance from top to last hole/not counting bottom hole/.

hello,petrossians student. if you are still interested in making duduk reeds i can tell you some things i have found out. i am not a master,but i am making my own ones & they play. if you have questions,you"re welcome.

sorry,Domino,but i may have misundurstood your remark.my question was about measures, not about tones.you see,i have no problem with making out tones. actually i tried playing in Bb-key with a longer reed & C-duduk,but this is not quite right,is it. generally one needs the right duduk,then the right reed in order to try out sth. more.

thank you for replying. but i don"t know what to do next. waiting Movses or MosJan to reply or should i contact him. i just have no idea.

hi,hyeforum. can anybody help telling me measures for A-duduk or at least the length of it & the spread between holes.i have a C-duduk from master SAM & no problem with it.but my other duduk is from Armenia & is not marked.i do not know its key. it is 35 cm long, 21,4 cm #1 to #9 hole.is there any such duduk at all & what key is it? i met varpet gasparyan after a concert of his & asked him about my duduk,but we could not quite understand each other,because we talked russian.however, he tried it out with his reeds & assured me,this was " ne plohoi " instrument. but now it is not quite good,for i opened its holes "a little" trying to correct them.so i decided to built an A-duduk,because at present i cannot afford buying one.