Making music: oud workshop in Lebanon - in pictures

Nazih Ghadban, from Baalbeck, began making ouds in 1976

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  Lebanese oud maker and player Nazih Ghadban works on an oud body at his workshop in Ras Baalbek, Lebanon. Reuters

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  Nazih Ghadban in his Ras Baalbek workshop. He studied music at the National Conservatory of Beirut and began making ouds in 1976. Reuters

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  Oud bodies hang on the wall of Nazih Ghadban's workshop, in Ras Baalbek, Lebanon. Historians date the instrument back more than 3,500 years. Reuters

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  Nazih Ghadban builds his ouds by hand. He says this gives him the flexibility to produce customised instruments, with no tolerance for error. Reuters

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  Lebanese oud maker and player Nazih Ghadban plays an oud in his workshop. As an oud player, he is the first person to hear a finished instrument. Reuters

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  Having control over the whole manufacturing process, Lebanese oud maker and player Nazih Ghadban says he can produce ouds that are 'close to perfection'. Reuters

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