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Vintage cymbal parade #2

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Here is the arabic script..for the 20" AZ China 1740 gm

[IMG]http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm78/templsounds/china20oldstamp.jpg[/IMG]

The script is so light you can eyeball the cymbal 2 or 3 times and completely miss it..

Just to take a pic of it..you have to get the light just right w/macro lens or it wont show up.

[IMG]http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm78/templsounds/china20.jpg[/IMG]

Here is another AZ China for comparison...18" 1035gm Trans stamp..

[IMG]http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm78/templsounds/1china18transstamp.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm78/templsounds/18china.jpg[/IMG]

Posted on 14 years ago
#21
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Wow that is quite a collection of cymbals you have there EDL. That 18" china/swish must be a rare one indeed!

Gary.

Sonor teardrops:
12,13,16,20, 14x5 snare
Fibes crystallite-14x5.5 snare
Posted on 14 years ago
#22
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Your swish is a difficult one. But I'm thinking its a large stamp.

The second one is of course a trans stamp.

Posted on 14 years ago
#23
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All I can say is the 20" China looks a LOT older than the trans stamp..which has similar lathing to a hollow stamp 22" Swish I also have. The 20" looks like it comes completely from another earlier era..

Here is the 22" hollow stamp China..

[IMG]http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm78/templsounds/OldKandAZCymbals111resize2.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm78/templsounds/ChinaAZHollowStamp.jpg[/IMG]

Wow that is quite a collection of cymbals you have there EDL. That 18" china/swish must be a rare one indeed!

Yes those Chinas are pretty rare...I have been searching and buying for the past couple of years and really like my set up now!

Posted on 14 years ago
#24
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How tall is the trademark on that first one?

Posted on 14 years ago
#25
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20" trademark is 1.25" tall.

Posted on 14 years ago
#26
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From EDL

20" trademark is 1.25" tall.

So that rules out a large stamp. I'd like to see the hammering on the back.

Posted on 14 years ago
#27
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How far back do the china/swish style cymbals go for zildjian?

This thread just keeps getting more interesting! My wife doesn't realize it yet but i just need one more.....

Gary.

Sonor teardrops:
12,13,16,20, 14x5 snare
Fibes crystallite-14x5.5 snare
Posted on 14 years ago
#28
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From gSonor

How far back do the china/swish style cymbals go for zildjian?This thread just keeps getting more interesting! My wife doesn't realize it yet but i just need one more.....Gary.

All the way back to the 1930's. Like this 15" for example:

[img]http://photos.imageevent.com/drumaholic/ebaycymbals/websize/P1010296.JPG[/img]

[img]http://photos.imageevent.com/drumaholic/ebaycymbals/websize/P1010238.JPG[/img]

And some of these had a unique type of trademark too:

[img]http://photos.imageevent.com/drumaholic/ebaycymbals/Copy%20of%2030qus%20swish%20crescent%20ID.jpg[/img]

Posted on 14 years ago
#29
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SWEET LOGO!

I had a old AZ Thin China some years back that I thought sounded terrible....paid $175 for it...........got $375 on eBay for it from some guy from Japan.

"Always make sure your front bottom BD lugs clear the ground!"
Posted on 14 years ago
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