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  • Istanbul Agop 30th Anniversary

    Cast B20 bronze cymbal series

    Cymbal · Turkey

    The 30th Anniversary series is hand-crafted in Turkey from B20 bronze to commemorate Istanbul Agop's history. Each cymbal begins with a hand-shaped bell, receives deep, comprehensive hammering, and is finished with a proprietary pre-aging process, yielding a warm, rich, complex sound reminiscent of vintage K Zildjians across hi-hats, crashes and rides.

  • Amedia Old School

    Built to an older alloy and hammering recipe

    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.

  • Istanbul Mehmet Sultan

    The workshop's traditional jazz line

    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.

  • Anatolian Ultimate Series

    The maker's flagship hand-hammered line

    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.

  • Bosphorus Master Series

    The workshop's traditional-weight flagship

    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.

  • Turkish Classic Series

    The house traditional line

    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.

  • Diril Raw Series

    Cast in-house, left unlathed

    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.

  • Agean Natural Series

    Hand-hammered B20, made to order if needed

    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.

  • Masterwork Custom Series

    Hand-hammered B20 from Istanbul

    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.

  • Meinl Byzance Jazz

    Thin weights for small-group playing

    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.

  • Meinl Byzance Dark

    The Byzance family's warm core

    Cymbal · Turkey

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

  • Istanbul Agop Traditional

    The house general-purpose series

    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.

  • Meinl Byzance Vintage

    Thin, dark, and quick — the Benny Greb line

    Cymbal · Turkey

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

  • Istanbul Agop Turk

    Unlathed and dry

    Cymbal · Turkey

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

  • Istanbul Agop Mel Lewis

    A ride copied from one drummer's cymbal

    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.

  • Istanbul Agop Xist

    The accessible end of the catalogue

    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.

  • Istanbul Agop OM

    Very thin, very quiet

    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.

  • Istanbul Agop Signature

    The workshop's flagship traditional line

    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.

  • Meinl Byzance Extra Dry

    Unlathed, heavily hammered, and short

    Cymbal · Turkey

    Extra Dry cymbals are left raw with deep irregular hammering, giving an unusually short, dark, papery response. The 18" Thin Crash and the Dry Ride are the models most often seen.

  • Amedia Vintage

    Aged surfaces, dark response

    Cymbal · Turkey

    The Vintage series is finished to a darkened patina and weighted toward the thin end, aiming at the recorded cymbal sound of the 1950s and 1960s.

  • Bosphorus Turk Series

    Unlathed, dry, and very dark

    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.

  • Istanbul Mehmet Samatya

    Named for the Istanbul district the trade grew in

    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.

  • Istanbul Mehmet Nostalgia

    Low, washy, and deliberately old-sounding

    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.

  • Anatolian Expression Series

    General-purpose Turkish B20

    Cymbal · Turkey

    Expression is the mid-catalogue line, lathed top and bottom with moderate hammering, and the range Anatolian sells most of.

  • Bosphorus Traditional Series

    The house line, jazz-weighted

    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.

  • Masterwork Resonant Series

    Brighter and longer-sustaining

    Cymbal · Turkey

    Resonant is the bright end of the Masterwork range: tighter lathing, higher pitch, and a longer sustain than the Custom line.

  • Diril Jazz Series

    Thin, fast, and quiet

    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.

  • Bosphorus Black Pearl

    Dark, dry, and unlathed on the top

    Cymbal · Turkey

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

  • Istanbul Mehmet 61st Anniversary

    Mehmet Tamdeger's anniversary line

    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.

  • Turkish Millennium Series

    Brighter and heavier for loud stages

    Cymbal · Turkey

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

  • Turkish Jazz Series

    Thin and dark for small-group playing

    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.

  • Agean R-Series

    Raw and unlathed

    Cymbal · Turkey

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

  • Anatolian Baris Series

    Dry and dark

    Cymbal · Turkey

    The Baris series is Anatolian at its driest — minimal lathing, visible hammering, and a decay short enough to work under close microphones.

  • Turkish Raw Series

    Unlathed and untrimmed

    Cymbal · Turkey

    Raw cymbals leave the workshop with the casting surface intact and the edges as hammered, giving an extremely dry, short, trashy voice.

  • Bosphorus New Orleans Series

    Thin, fast, and warm

    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.

  • Diril Dark Series

    Low-pitched hand-hammered B20

    Cymbal · Turkey

    The Dark series is lathed but weighted low and hammered heavily, producing a warm ride wash with enough stick definition to survive a band.

  • Bosphorus Antique Series

    Aged finish, low and dark

    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.

  • Istanbul Mehmet Legend Dark

    Heavily hammered and dry

    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.