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Need help identifying 3 cymbals

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Good day,

I picked up a 9/72 Rogers kit this weekend which had various other things included. Of these were three cymbals. From what I have read on the forum they may be Spock? cymbals. They all appear to be hand hammered. The two smaller ones measure 6'' across and are of different weights. I don't have a scale yet to weigh them. The larger one looks like a small china and is 11.5'' across. All of the cymbals are quite heavy for their size. Any help identifying these would be greatly appreciated. I wonder how rare they are?

Thanks

Posted on 13 years ago
#1
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Wow.......those look VERY cool............sound good?

I would make a pair of hats out of the smaller ones...........

Please DO NOT clean them! Looks like it took 80-90 years to get that way...............

"Always make sure your front bottom BD lugs clear the ground!"
Posted on 13 years ago
#2
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They sound amazing!! Best of all there are no cracks in them. No worries I don't plan on polishing them, but I will have to devise a set up to hang them as the holes are very small.

Posted on 13 years ago
#3
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They're Chinese, that's all I can tell you.

The small pair looks like low boys. Those were predecessors to hi-hats.

Posted on 13 years ago
#4
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Maybe they are this type of thing:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lDXOM_N_Pw[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kECKLNKDV8o[/ame]

http://www.youtube.com/user/myhouseimports#p/search/10/bjdEBDwleFg

I find these cymbals on eBay all the time. Also I have a newer small bell cymbal made by Wuhan that looks very similar to your cymbals, wich I think is called a chung cymbal. They where originally made for spiritual purposes, chanting praying etc, and they're pretty intersting in a drums set. Am I way off here? Just trying to help!

Posted on 13 years ago
#5
Posts: 222 Threads: 27

examples:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Chinese-6-Old-Copper-Cymbals-40-/260762853221?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb6ad5f65

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http://cgi.ebay.com/Big-Chinese-13-Hanging-Brass-cymbals-/260762853114?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb6ad5efa

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Posted on 13 years ago
#6
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Thanks for the info. I think they sound amazing when struck with a mallet. I will definately be incorporating them into my kit. Maybe get some good mojo from them.

Cheers

Posted on 13 years ago
#7
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What a cool find!

Posted on 13 years ago
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