Cymbals · Models

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UFIP Class Series

Cymbal · Italy

Class is UFIP's main professional line and the clearest demonstration of rotocasting: bronze spun in the mould so the alloy densifies toward the rim. The cymbals are bright, clear, and unusually consistent between examples.

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Istanbul Mehmet Sultan

Cymbal · Turkey

Sultan is Istanbul Mehmet's classic thin, dark, hand-hammered line, made the way the Istanbul workshop made cymbals before the company divided.

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TRX DRK Series

Cymbal

DRK is TRX's dark line — thin, unlathed in places, and pitched low — and the series that made the brand's blunt naming scheme comprehensible at a glance.

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Soultone Custom Brilliant

Cymbal

Custom Brilliant is Soultone's bright, high-polish line, hand-hammered in Turkey and finished for maximum sustain and visibility.

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Bosphorus Master Series

Cymbal · Turkey

Master Series is Bosphorus at its most classical: cast B20, fully lathed, hand-hammered individually, and weighted toward the thin end. The rides wash rather than ping, which is the point.

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Turkish Classic Series

Cymbal · Turkey

Classic is Turkish Cymbals' general-purpose hand-hammered B20 line, lathed top and bottom, and covers the widest set of diameters and weights in the catalogue.

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Agean Natural Series

Cymbal · Turkey

Natural is Agean's standard hand-hammered line, and like most of the catalogue it can be ordered to a specific weight rather than taken from stock.

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Amedia Old School

Cymbal · Turkey

Old School cymbals are made to a pre-war specification: thin, low, and washy, with irregular hand hammering and a finish left deliberately uneven.

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Crescent Stanton Moore Series

Cymbal

Developed with the New Orleans drummer, the Stanton Moore series is dark, dry, and fast, with a wide flat ride and hats that close hard. Sabian continued the line after acquiring Crescent.

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Anatolian Ultimate Series

Cymbal · Turkey

Ultimate is Anatolian's top line: cast B20, individually hammered, and finished across a range of weights from jazz-thin to rock-heavy.

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Wuhan China Cymbal

Cymbal · China

Wuhan's china cymbals are cheap, loud, and unmistakable, and they appear on so many records that the sound is effectively generic. The 14" and 18" are the ones most drummers own.

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Matt Nolan Custom Cymbal

Cymbal · United Kingdom

Nolan builds cymbals to order rather than to a catalogue — specified by diameter, weight, profile, and intended sound — which makes them common in film scoring and experimental work.

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Diril Raw Series

Cymbal · Turkey

Diril casts its own bronze rather than buying blanks, and the Raw series shows it: unlathed, heavily hammered cymbals with a dark, complex, short response.

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Masterwork Custom Series

Cymbal · Turkey

The Custom series is Masterwork's professional hand-hammered line, covering the standard range of crashes, rides, and hi-hats in traditional weights.

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Bosphorus Turk Series

Cymbal · Turkey

Turk cymbals are left largely unlathed with heavy hammering, producing a dry, short, trashy voice with almost no sustain — the cymbal equivalent of a muffled drum, and a studio staple.

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Istanbul Mehmet Samatya

Cymbal · Turkey

The Samatya series is thin, warm, and quick, named after the quarter of Istanbul where Turkish cymbal making has been concentrated for generations.

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Meinl Byzance Jazz

Cymbal · Turkey

The Jazz line runs thin across every diameter, including the wide, washy Medium Thin rides and the small, fast hats that acoustic playing needs.

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Istanbul Mehmet Nostalgia

Cymbal · Turkey

The Nostalgia series aims at the pre-war Turkish cymbal sound: low pitch, immediate wash, and a stick sound that sits under rather than on top of the cymbal.

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Zildjian Kerope

Cymbal · United States

Kerope was developed by studying old Istanbul-era K cymbals and reproducing their thickness profile and hammering: dark, dry, and very quick to open, with a lathe pattern left rough.

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Meinl Byzance Dark

Cymbal · Turkey

Byzance Dark is fully lathed but heavily hammered and pitched low, sitting between the bright Traditional finish and the raw Extra Dry.

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Istanbul Agop Traditional

Cymbal · Turkey

The Traditional series covers Istanbul Agop's standard weights and finishes — medium, thin, dark, and the Original hi-hats — and is the widest part of the catalogue.

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TRX NRG Series

Cymbal

NRG cymbals are heavy and cut hard, made for the volumes at which thinner Turkish cymbals wash out entirely.

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Bosphorus Traditional Series

Cymbal · Turkey

The Traditional series covers the widest range of the Bosphorus catalogue, from paper-thin crashes to medium rides, and is the line most Bosphorus players start from.

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Meinl Byzance Vintage

Cymbal · Turkey

Byzance Vintage includes the Sand series developed with Benny Greb: thin, low-pitched cymbals with irregular lathing and a very fast decay.

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Istanbul Agop Turk

Cymbal · Turkey

Turk cymbals are heavily hammered and left largely unlathed, producing a dry, dark, short sound with a strong papery attack.

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Sabian Stratus

Cymbal · Canada

Stratus is a thin, dark line with a fine lathe finish, aimed at drummers who want a washy cymbal that still speaks under a stick.

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Paiste 900 Series

Cymbal · Germany

The 900 series sits between the student lines and the professional ones: B12 bronze, machine-hammered, bright, and available in a Colorsound finish that Paiste has offered on and off for decades.

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Paiste Signature Traditionals

Cymbal · Switzerland

Traditionals apply heavy hand hammering and a dark finish to Paiste's Signature alloy, producing cymbals far warmer than the company's usual voice — the light flat ride is the best known.

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Bosphorus Black Pearl

Cymbal · Turkey

Black Pearl cymbals combine an unlathed upper surface with a lathed underside, giving a dark stick definition over a dry, controlled wash.

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Istanbul Mehmet 61st Anniversary

Cymbal · Turkey

Made to mark the founder's years at the trade, the 61st Anniversary cymbals are thin, hand-hammered, and finished with a heavier lathing pattern than the Sultan line.

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Zildjian K Constantinople

Cymbal · United States

K Constantinople is Zildjian's most deliberately old-fashioned line: thin, hand-hammered, low-pitched, and made in small runs. The Medium Thin Low rides are among the most recorded jazz cymbals of the past thirty years.

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Turkish Millennium Series

Cymbal · Turkey

Millennium sits at the bright, cutting end of the Turkish catalogue: heavier weights, tighter lathing, and rides with a defined bell.

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TRX BRT Series

Cymbal

BRT is the bright counterpart: tighter lathing, higher pitch, and enough sustain to fill space in a sparse arrangement.

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Turkish Jazz Series

Cymbal · Turkey

The Jazz series runs thin through every diameter, with rides that open quickly and crashes that respond to a brush as readily as a stick.

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Agean R-Series

Cymbal · Turkey

R-Series cymbals are left raw, with the cast surface and hammer marks visible, for a dry response with a fast decay.

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Zildjian L80 Low Volume

Cymbal · United States

The L80 cymbals are drilled through with hundreds of holes, cutting volume by roughly eighty percent while keeping enough feel and rebound to practise on. They made quiet practice on a real kit possible.

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Meinl Generation X

Cymbal · Germany

Generation X is Meinl's effects catalogue, built with drummers including Thomas Lang and Johnny Rabb: filter chinas, drumbals, trash stacks, and other instruments that exist to sound broken.

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Zildjian A Symphonic

Cymbal · United States

Hand cymbals for orchestral use are a different instrument from a drum-set crash: heavier, matched in pairs, and specified by weight class. The A Symphonic range covers the standard French, Viennese, and Germanic weights.

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Bosphorus New Orleans Series

Cymbal · Turkey

Built with the second-line and traditional jazz idioms in mind, the New Orleans series is thin, opens instantly, and has a low pitch relative to its diameter.

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Bosphorus Antique Series

Cymbal · Turkey

The Antique series is finished to look and sound old — dark, low-pitched, and quick to open — and is aimed at drummers chasing a 1950s ride sound without a 1950s price.

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Istanbul Agop Xist

Cymbal · Turkey

Xist is Istanbul Agop's more affordable line, still cast B20 and hammered in Turkey but produced in larger runs and offered in brilliant, natural, and dry finishes.

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Istanbul Agop OM

Cymbal · Turkey

The OM series is thinner than anything else in the catalogue, made for low-volume playing where even a thin traditional cymbal is too loud.

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Paiste PSTX Series

Cymbal · Germany

PSTX is Paiste's effects catalogue: the perforated Swiss models, pre-built stacks, splash stacks, and the small hats designed to be played alongside a cajon.

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Meinl Classics Custom Dark

Cymbal · Germany

Classics Custom Dark takes Meinl's B10 mid-range line and finishes it dark, giving a warmer voice than the brilliant Classics Custom at the same price.

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Istanbul Mehmet Legend Dark

Cymbal · Turkey

Legend Dark cymbals carry visible, irregular hammering and minimal lathing, giving a dark, dry response that suits low-volume playing and close microphones.

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UFIP Experience Series

Cymbal · Italy

Experience collects UFIP's odd instruments: extra-dry rides, bell-heavy models, and short, trashy effects cymbals that do not fit the numbered lines.

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UFIP Tiger Series

Cymbal · Italy

Tiger is UFIP's loud line: heavier weights and a tighter lathe pattern for stages where a thin Italian cymbal would disappear.

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UFIP Est. 1931

Cymbal · Italy

Est. 1931 takes UFIP's process toward a darker, drier voice, with heavier hammering over the rotocast blank and a lower pitch than the Class line.

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Soultone Vintage Old School

Cymbal

The Vintage Old School line goes the other way: unpolished, heavily hammered, and pitched low, with a decay short enough for close microphones.

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UFIP Natural Series

Cymbal · Italy

The Natural series leaves the rotocast surface unlathed, which shortens the decay considerably and gives a raw, papery attack.