This is a very lengthy article that I found by chance and probably has more cymbal information that any other single article that I've seen on this subject. There's plenty of good information here. I figured that it might be of interest. I know that most of you here will probably not be sufficiently motivated to read it in it's entirely. But I'm posting anyway with only the hardest of hard-core cymbalholics in mind. I know that there's a few of you here that would read it all. So this is for you.
Source: [color=black][font=times new roman][size=+1]The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology[/size][/font][/color]
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The modern manufacture of cymbals offers a case study touching on many areas of interest to industrial archeology. The perpetuation of craft-based know-how in an industrial setting may be explored both for its role in the manufacturing process and its strategic use in defining a manufacturer's competitive image. The contrasts on the shop floor and in the trade literature between two cymbal companies of common origin reflect processes of market adaptation and the nurturing of critical technologies bounded by long tradition. Comparative site scrutiny of such active but historic industries can deepen our understanding of the forces that both constrain and propel industrial growth, while educating us in the challenges of examining proprietary work processes.
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..Joe