This is probably the result of some crack repair.

HAha, that's like a perfect actual old fashioned door keyhole.

Could be a four inch cymbal ... in which case that would be a small keyhole.

I actually might still have the key that fits it.

Well, it's easy to see he is talking width, not length. DUH!

That's a big one, but not a deal breaker for me. Looks like it could be a nice cymbal.........marko

Heck yeah, I got a 22" Zildjan for fifty bucks that had a couple spider cracks in the bell hole and a 3/8" chunk was busted out. Slapped a grommet in there and I have been beating the tar out of that thing, with no ill effects, at least that I can notice.

Here is some serious keyhole on a LPS 24" .A large felt covered it up and when I gigged with it there were no complaints from the other guys in the band

MME, that's one ugly keyhole! Have we seen your Club Dates?......marko

Here's one for you all. It's an 18" old Istanbul K that was on ebay, that I took a chance on and got for a very good price. It was majorly keyholed and cracking, but it is one of the best sounding cymbals I've heard to date. I didn't want to keyhole or crack any further, so I had a buddy of mine make this "keyhole stopper" out of a chunk of nylon for me. I have never seen anyone do this before so I was unsure how it would work. I have played it out many times and the keyholing has completely stopped and I have not noticed the cracks progressing either. However I am a fairly light player though. I left a little play for movement as well which helps a lot.

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