mcdrummer!...
I answered your question in post #2 of this currently two page thread! Do you guys even READ the posts?! LOL!!!! That wasn't meant as a personal affront by the way, I was just askin'! That said...
Yes... Buddy's Swish was a 22" "A" Zildjian w/rivets, and yes the Swish "knocker" that you have located will give you the sound you're after! As a sidebar:
I wasn't one of the guys that met BR on his bus... no ... mine was quite a bit more personal. I met with him in his dressing room and it was just Buddy, myself, and his long time friend/manager, Stanley Kay. By the way, Stanley Kay just passed away, couple weeks ago. Now THERE was the guy that could fill in the blanks on the great, witty, slightly acerbic, but most talented, Buddy Rich. Anyway... I also want to mention that outside of being a fan/freak of BR's for 43 years, I also knew and studied arranging with TWO of his primary trumpet players from his KILLER early 70's band: Jeff Stout... and Greg Hopkins. Cool thing about that was in addition to being GREAT GUYS!, this was also when I had my "one on one" with Buddy as that happened in late 1973... I remember it like it was yesterday. Anyway!... after arranging class.. ( and actually DURING class too! LOL! ) .. I would pepper those two guys with questions about Buddy... the band... what was he REALLY like... etc. It was freaking fabulous. I will say that they were both extremely gracious towards Buddy for the opportunity to work with him, and for what he taught them about "the music business". Course they both let slip with a "little" of the other stuff too! LOL!! There's more... but I'll save it as otherwise this post would be completely hi-jacked and even more lengthy! I will say this though:
I doubt that your friend who was on the band will really have any knowledge as to the "what was what" with Buddy's drums/cymbals. It's possible of course, but what I have found from talking with a lot of guys that worked for and with Buddy over the years, is that they really paid little to no attention to his actual equipment... they were much more concerned with his actual MOOD! LOL!! Go buy that Swish!!!!!!!
Tommyp