A couple of interesting things about this cymbal:

1. The manufacturing characteristics are typical of the late 1950's or very early 1960's at the latest, and yet it received the ink stamp logo on the reverse side that indicates is typical of the late 1970's or early 1980's.

2. The ink stamp near the bell on the reverse side indicates that this was a cymbal made for European distribution.

Obviously this one sat in the vaults for quite a while, which really doesn't surprise me since demand for cymbals this large is not that great.

I once bought 2-26" Zildjians that had just come out of the vault. One was from the late 1950's and the other was from the early 1960's, but I purchased them in the mid 1980's. The story I got is that these had been at Zildjian for quite some time, and they just wanted to move these out.

thanks for the info!

I think what he was saying was this cymbal was made in the late 50s/early 60s, it sat in the vault for years, and it got stamped on the way out of the factory.

I've seen a Trans Stamp inked with an 80s logo before. I've heard of other cases of this happening, too. Trivial but interesting! (Isn't that what we're here for?)

Interesting trivia is the best kind.

Got to see an unusual item and I learned something new. That is exactly why we are here!

And if there is such a beast as a 28" Grail, then this would fit the bill:

[IMG]http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w114/emptyground/28_Trans.jpg[/IMG]

(Tranny spied in the "good room" at Bentley's. Sounded damn good too.)

That hammering is great. Almost looks like Turkish old world style.

Pro Drum in LA has a 28" Sabian on the floor.

That one in your pic looks like it has the old school hammered mojo.

wow...or wowster

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Yeah, the funny thing is that Dana (Bentley) kept referring to it as a K and I'm going "umm, Trans Stamp". But there was no point in insisting on the correction. :)