Last year, i played a Christmas party gig for a company that employed mostly young people. So what happens when you get a bunch of 20 somethings in a room with alcohol ? You get one drunken imbecile who's dancing in circles, falls on your bass drum, and knocks over your cymbal stand with your months old Paiste Giant Beat 18" crash cymbal. As a result, the cymbal fell in such a way that it put pressure on the bell from the stem of the cymbal tilter being pressed to the ground with the full dead weight of the drunken imbecile. He got up and apologized, but clearly didn't give a rat's @55 about what just happened.
With that being said, the damage isn't severe and in fact, has not changed the integrity or sound of the cymbal. It just dented the bell a little. However, i was curious to know if anyone has ever tried to repair and hammer a dent back in ? Please excuse the lack of a better term ;)
I would also assume that to hammer a dent back in would require a rubber top hammer and protecting the cymbal with a heavy blanket or cloth of some type ? You can barely see it in the pic, but you can tell where it is by the slight squaring of the hole, and two other smaller dents that surround it. You can't really see it, but the bell is slightly flattened because of the impact of the weight put on the cymbal..Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Bop iT / Til U Drop iT.