Can anyone tell me about this Zildjian stamp?
Picked it up in a grab box at a used music equipment store.
2313 grams. 18". Ride or a crash? Heavy bugger.
It has a grommet in the mounting hole. Wondering if it was a marching band cymbal at one time.
No cracks, dings or key holing. Actually looks pretty nice.
I've see old one's made in Turkey. But not one's made in the USA.
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[COLOR="DarkRed"]It's a made in USA - A. Constantinople from late 60's-early 70's....usually heavy, pingy rock cymbals. They were only around like 5 years or so...The grommet is an oddity....[/COLOR]
Thank You Jaye.
I wonder if the grommet was added to prevent key holing? I don't think the plastic cymbal savers were around back than.
Follow up on the grommet.
I emailed Zildjian and got a nice responce from them.
They did not add grommets automatically to Constantinople cymbals.
But they did add them per request. Custom order.
