Bill's right. They look like cymbals from a toy drumset. They're probably made from brass, not bronze. Do you really think they sound as good as Paistes? Hard to believe.

[QUOTE=Thor;137377]High everyone! I have found a set of three cymbals 8",6",4" and that have no identifying marks on them except for a crescent moon and star. My research has lead me to think that they were made by Paiste. However I can't find any Paiste cymbals that only have the crescent and star. Can any of you identify them? What would be there value?

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Here is what the mark looks like

I picked up 3- 20" out of a garage a few years back. One was a Super---it was banged and battered and a deader,dryer cymbal would be hard to find. Seemed to be made of sheet bronze--perhaps brass. It was a golden colour. Another was stamped Dynastar and it was also battered and bruised and lifeless. It was made of nickel silver of some description. The third was stamped Dynastar Superior. I have since collected a 10" matching Dynastar Superior. These are also Nickel Silver but have a different colour than the Dynastar or any Ajax ,Zyn or Meinl that I have encountered-----very silver in colour. All of these cymbals show some hammering(machine). The Dynastar Superior are in fact quite good. They have a brilliance, that has its uses; the 20 lacks serious overtone dominance as a ride and crashes with a rapid cutting sear.The 10 splashes with authority but sounds smaller than it is. Both decay quickly. They are really badly made. The bell in both cases is unsymmetrical and pressed a little offcentre. It is particularily noticeable on the 10. They have lots of dents. These are kit cymbals. ----The factory did some of the hammering and you do the rest yourself. You can save a lot of money ,if you buy a cymbal kit and hammer them yourself. I think they have them at WalMart.

I could also save a lot of money if i took out my own appendix or repainted my car myself. But its not about the money. When it comes to cymbals, I'm interested in the sound first and the price second. If I can't afford the price I move on. Every cymbal my son and I own was carefully chosen for its sound AND the way it interacts with other cymbals we own. Any cymbals from walmart, are, by definition, crap and are, almost with 100% certainty, made of sheet brass, not bronze. I'm not interested in any cymbal not cast from B20 bronze. I can't picture getting a sound that would please me from cheap, do it yourself cymbal.

Have to agree. If youre serious about your drumming (as I am) those just wont cut it.

Actually, for me, its vintage 50s/60s Zildjian and thats it.........nothing else does it for me. I'm lucky that I own a fantastic sounding 1960s Zildjian crash ride. Just an amazing sounding cymbal. I use it at every gig.

do you have to put smilies on everything these days in order for people to get jokes?-------cymbal kit ? yea, i got three of them last year from my aunties instead of ties.

You never know. We've got some folks on this forum that from time to time say some very bizarre things (at least from my perspective). And more often than not thay are not joking. Sorry for the misinterpretation.