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18” Vintage A’s…What Do I Have Here?

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I don’t normally go out on a limb buying vintage cymbals because I’m not very educated on them and such but these were cheap enough I would have been stupid not to pick them up. Anyways, looking for info on these two Avedis 18” cymbals. Mostly looking for what time period they are from.

Cymbal #1

18”, 1586 grams, Zildjian logo lacking the 3 dots, no sign of there ever being any ink stamps (not even the hollow Zildjian logo). Fairly uniform lathing pattern (to me anyways).

[IMG]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/peteutrup/vint18_1586-1_zps32d8f275.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/peteutrup/vint18_1586-2_zpsc5d4a1fd.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/peteutrup/vint18_1586-3_zps75d5316c.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/peteutrup/vint18_1586-4_zpsadf13b50.jpg[/IMG]

Posted on 10 years ago
#1
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Cymbal #2

18”, 1650 grams, Zildjian logo contains the 3 dots, no sign of there ever being any ink stamps (not even the hollow Zildjian logo). Lathing a less uniform than the other cymbal.

[IMG]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/peteutrup/vint18_1650-1_zpse996ee69.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/peteutrup/vint18_1650-2_zps6ace7902.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/peteutrup/vint18_1650-3_zpse5f6712d.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/peteutrup/vint18_1650-4_zps4f35e020.jpg[/IMG]

Posted on 10 years ago
#2
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late 60's machined brass nice !

April 2nd 1969 scarfed pink champagne holly wood and 65/66 downbeat snare, and , supra same year very minty kit old pies
66/67 downbeat with canister
Super 400 small round knob
1967 super classic obp





once the brass ceases to glitter, and the drum looses its luster, and the stage remains dark, all you have left is the timbre of family.
Posted on 10 years ago
#3
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My guess is #1- 70s, #2- early 60s.

Posted on 10 years ago
#4
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Late 50's early 60's.

Posted on 10 years ago
#5
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Good day, Sir. Would your evaluation apply to both cymbals or one or the other?

From Drumaholic

Late 50's early 60's.

Posted on 10 years ago
#6
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I was thinking late 50's on the first one and early 60's on the second one. I assume that's what drumaholic was identifying as well..

mike

Posted on 10 years ago
#7
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From mlayton

I was thinking late 50's on the first one and early 60's on the second one. I assume that's what drumaholic was identifying as well..mike

Thanks for the confirmation Mike

Posted on 10 years ago
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From mlayton

I was thinking late 50's on the first one and early 60's on the second one. I assume that's what drumaholic was identifying as well..mike

That's right.

Posted on 10 years ago
#9
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Thank you for your expertise guys, I would have guessed otherwise. I didn't realize they were that old.

Posted on 10 years ago
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