[byronudel]

Hi Moses,

I was just wondering, what's your opinion of the difference in tone/construction/tuning between the two types of (one and two piece) Ruben Shvis and the Karen Shvis in the Blul-Shvi combo that you offer? and do the combo instruments work well as Bluls?


And thanks for all the other amazing quality instruments and reeds over the last 2 years!
-Brian

[Duduk]

Hi Moses,

I was just wondering, what's your opinion of the difference in tone/construction/tuning between the two types of (one and two piece) Ruben Shvis and the Karen Shvis in the Blul-Shvi combo that you offer? and do the combo instruments work well as Bluls?
And thanks for all the other amazing quality instruments and reeds over the last 2 years!
-Brian

Hello Brian
i did get your email - did try to call you but could not get hold of you

I have always recognize Master ruben as the best of the Shvi makers - but that was before i gat to know master OMO or Karen


Rubens Shvis & Bluels are fine - but We could not get him to alter / improve his instruments
specially his bluels

http://WWW.DUDUK.COM/Arm-music-ins/Blul/rr...LUL/A-bluel.mpg
sorry it's saidway as you can see he plays the bluel w/ no problem
the top hole or the inside diameter is smaller - many who have played bluel or blule like instruments before had no problem of playing - but someone like me who has never used the instrument it was difficult - the only solution was to enlarge the hole / which the master refuse to
the instruments was fine, wood was good enough, tuning was consistent - but he will not make any changes to it






Master OMO was fine - like always he was open to any Crazy Idea that I had and believe me i have had many of them starting from Bass duduks to Clarduks, Shvis to Bluels. but since he has passed a way, many projects have been left unfinished



Karen
relatively younger master who has been welling to work and make all necessary changes that our customers have asked for - he was making bluels & shvis long before we start working together, but we had an idea of changing the inside diameter of the bluel hole + make the instrument bit more shorter - after 3 or 4 tests we have got it ! it was accomplished an instrument that was much easier to play even for beginner's, from the first day i was able to pay them .




Next was the bluel & Shvi Combos that for me are much more fun and gaivs me the ability to play a shvi and switch wan i wish to play the bluel - most of all the fingering was the same as shvi.
sound is nice / tuning is consistent / wood is properly aged for shvi & bluel


one and two piece Shvis / Bluels

Most all of Bluels are two piece do to the length of the instrument

Shvis - for many centuries our shvis was made from cane reed - one piece


then someone has made it out of Apricot wood


i can't rimember who was the first master who start making two piece shvis - Sorry / i'm not holding back / and i hope whoever he was will not get offended - i just don't know



two piece shvi gives you the ability to change the tuning on the whole instrument by 1/4 of a key
it also changes the intonation a bit
sound is same as the one or two piece shvis
you can also fine tune the bluel or change the tuning a bit on two piece Bluel