I have used split rivets with 100% success. I found them on ebay. Probably there still. They're brass and sound great!

Brian

Thank you sir! I'll try those.

I'm a fan of using a length of lamp chain, myself. I can put it on and take it off of a cymbal several times during a song if need be.

You better buy a lot. if you're going to be putting them in and taking them out they will probably brake after bending them a few times.

Yeah, right. If you're going to be bending them constantly, of course they'll break. This gentleman mentions "based on the gig". I don't think that he'll be changing them around between sets. Cymbal sizzlers such as the Camco variety might also be an alternative.

I have a handful of snap rivets that are great for easy installation/removal. They just snap together. They're made for leather craft, purses, etc, and come in many different sizes and metals.

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-Bill

I use regular steel rivets. I tape a small square of masking tape right in the middle. Then I take the square piece and stick it in the down on the rivet and crimp it back on itself. Then if you ever wan't to take all or some out, it can be easily done. Also this methods has the advantage of allowing you to have the benefit of real sizzle rivets instead of the anemic sizzle you'd get from, say an Office Max brass fastener. And that's more or less what those Bosphorous rivets are like anyway. They suck.

This makes the process easily reversable and allows you to experiment with varying numbers and locations of rivets. I'll bet nobody over at Cymbalholic has any better solution.

I use split tail copper rivets, install and flare the ends...to remove unflare.

Copper and brass rivets are not nearly as effective as nickel plated steel. Their sizzle is anemic.