I'm thinking about building something a bit on the exotic side. I've been searching for information on the Turkish baglama (saz) and the Persian setar. The long narrow necks and 3 courses seem a natural for a cigar box build. It's been tough to find much information on these instruments. Most of what I have is from wikipedia: 

Baglama

Setar

The setar article gives fret placements in cm while the baglama article gives the scale in ratios. I really have no idea how to translate ratios into fret distances. The article also has a link to a what appears to be a fret calculator:

turkuler

Either it's not working or I don't know how to use it because I can't get anything out of it.

Has anyone made one of these?

Any comments and suggestions would be most welcome.

Thanks,

Roger

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Do a search, others have built them before. Then you could contact them for info.

When posting comments, after you type what you want, then click the HTML Editor, to post your comment. Then it will post. Otherwise, it doesn't show in comments.

Thanks Keith! I was wondering what the problem was. Not very obvious (to me anyway).

The only example of a cigar box saz I could find is Thorsten Hinrichen's "Silvestra" here on Cigar Box Nation. I was able to make contact with him. 

I have also found some other information, mostly in Turkish, but some of it is decipherable.

The baglama template appears to be for a Greek baglama, a different beast which doesn't have the quartertones of the Turkish.

ah .. i may have pooped that link .  ok . ill see if i can find a saz template .

lol.. funny . i just informed you also about the html thing .. and forgot to do it myself . lol.

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