Cymbals · Models

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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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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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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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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 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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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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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 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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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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Zildjian K Sweet

Cymbal · United States

K Sweet extends the K family toward larger diameters at thin weights — 21" and 23" rides, 17" and 19" crashes — for drummers who want wash without volume.

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Diril Jazz Series

Cymbal · Turkey

Diril's Jazz cymbals are thin enough to open under a brush and are pitched low for their diameter, aimed squarely at acoustic small-group work.

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Istanbul Agop Mel Lewis

Cymbal · Turkey

The Mel Lewis ride was reproduced from the cymbal the big band drummer played for decades: thin, dark, and washy, with almost no bell definition. It has become a reference point for jazz ride sound.

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Zildjian A Avedis

Cymbal · United States

A Avedis reproduces the thin, warm, quick A cymbals of the 1950s rather than the brighter modern A, with a rough finish and unlathed bell.

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Istanbul Agop Signature

Cymbal · Turkey

The Signature series is Istanbul Agop's most traditional: thin, hand-hammered, low-pitched cymbals made in small numbers in the Istanbul workshop.